11 Apr
2001
11 Apr
'01
5:06 a.m.
--- "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net> wrote:
I've heard 'dongle' refer to the parallel port security keys way
before laptops an PCMCIA cards, so I would say fiction...
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> BTW While talking to someone at the Santee swapmeet, he told me the origine
> of the word dongle is from the person who invented the short adapter
> cables, Don Gall. Fact or fiction?
I first heard the term dongle in reference to a joystick-port security
device for a game on the C-64. This would have been c. 1982. Even then,
the legendary "Don Gall" was a persistent rumor. I think someone else
on the list has already expounded the marketing aspect of the name.
-ethan
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