18 Aug
2006
18 Aug
'06
8:08 a.m.
At 05:02 PM 8/17/06 -0500, you wrote:
Many catalogs referred to D-shell connectors as
"socket" or "pin" (DB-25S,
DB-25P)
P here stands for plug not pin. Socket and plug refer to the shell. Male
and Female refer to the contacts. You can have female contacts in a plug or
socket and you can have male contacts in a plug or socket. A good example
of all FOUR combinations are the DB 25 connectors (and their mating
connectors) used for the parallel and serial ports on the >>ORIGINAL<< IBM
PC and PC XT.
BTW the B in DB refers to the size shell. The 25 pin connectors used on
the original IBM are B size. Other sizes use a different letter ie DE, etc.
But a lot of people call every size "DB"
Joe
for a long time because the terms "male" and "female" were
potentially confusing. Is the shell male/female? Are
the connections
themselves one or the other? What about those Sun connectors that have some
of both in the same shell?
At 01:02 PM 8/17/2006 -0400, you wrote:
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