11 Feb
2002
11 Feb
'02
12:27 p.m.
Joe wrote:
At 11:39 AM 2/11/02 -0600, you wrote:
I learned to call them Amphenol "Blue Ribbon" connectors. Like the D
connectors there were several sizes depending on number of contacts.
Guess they were named for their useage, like PL259 connectors were named
Better tell that to 99% of the manufacturers and
sellers that use the
terminology then. C50 or Centronics 50 is used more often than SCSI I to
refer to these connectors. If I remember long ago PBX and multi-line phones
had a centronics-like connector as well (or was it more like an IEEE-488)but
I know it wasn't referred to as Centronics.
The phone companies used a 50 pin connector that was commonly referred to
as a "Telephone connector" for their multi-line phones. Later the same
connector was commonly used for SCSI devices so it came to be called a
"SCSI connector" but in truth both connectors were made by Amphenol. At
about the same time the smaller 36 pin connector became known as a
"Centronics connector" because Centronics was one of the largest
manufacturers of printers and they used it for their standard printer
connector. FWIW HP developed an instrument control system called "HP-IB"
and it used a 26 pin version of the same connector so that one became known
as an "HP-IB connector". Other companies utilized the HP-IB concept but
called their systems GP-IB so now the 26 pin connector became known as a
"GP-IB connector". BUT they're all made by Amphenol!
Joe from the military stock number, rather than calling
them UHF.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO