30 Dec
2001
30 Dec
'01
11:57 a.m.
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Don Maslin wrote:
Tony is correct.
Regrettably, Jameco has fallen into the bastardization/mongrelization of
the language. Looking at a page of a 1962 Allied Radio catalog, I see
listings and illustrations of the Amphenol "Blue Ribbon" connectors in
sizes running from 8-32 contacts. They obviously derived their name
from the blue Diallyl phthalate dielectric that carried the rinnon like
contacts.
Don provides a hint to the correct approach.
Invoke the 10 year rule.
In place of current accepted sloppy terminology,
how many remember what they were called THEN?