9 Nov
2006
9 Nov
'06
6:51 p.m.
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Why do folks insist on calling this type of connector
"Centronics"?
I've even hear the "C" word applied to HPIB connectors. Centronics
never used the 50 pin version, did they?
I've heard them called Amphenol, CHAMP, telco, PBX and RJ21X
connectors as well as "Blue Ribbon" (shows my age). But why
"Centronics"?
For many people who had never seen a computer until 1979 (TRS-80),
Centronics printers were the first places that they saw them.
Although business telephone systems had been using them for multi-line
phones for quite a while, "Only technicians" ever connected or
disconnected those.
Might as well ask why ALL D shell connectors are referred to as size B.