14 Jan
1998
14 Jan
'98
3:24 p.m.
Where did the following terms come from?
-Dongle
-Byte (named after nybble, or vice-versa?)
-Mainframe (Why not just...like..you know...call it a computer?)
-DB (as in DB-15, 25) I've also heard them called D-sub xx)
-Mouse
manney(a)nwohio.com
14 Jan
14 Jan
5:04 p.m.
-Mouse
I think that's because they look like
mice, the cord being the tail...
-JR http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/
5:12 p.m.
PG Manney wrote:
Where did the following terms come from?
-Dongle
Probably from "dangle", as a couple of those damned things on a
parallel cord caused the cable to do so dangerously and with
frequent disconnects unless extra bits and pieces were bought to
tie them together.
-Byte (named after nybble, or vice-versa?)
Byte came first. A nybble (originally spelled nibble even in the
computer trade) was half a byte -- a byte isn't derived from two
nybbles, ask Marv Albert.
-Mainframe (Why not just...like..you know...call it a
computer?)
Big iron had to be racked in frames that were left in one place,
even an industrial forklift couldn't move an assembled system in
one piece. Smaller peripherals could stand in standalone racks
(the old relay rack being the component of the frames), so the
central system was the "main frame".
-DB (as in DB-15, 25) I've also heard them called
D-sub xx)
Can't help there, funny code terms happen with connectors. The
"D" definitely refers to the shape, however.
-Mouse
It's got a tail and it's small. And any cat with access to your
desk will inform you that it's a very appropriately named cat toy.
As I learned when I got my first 3B1.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
6:53 p.m.
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7:05 p.m.
connectors, like the 15-pin VGA connector in a E-size
shell. A lot
of my DG equipment uses an even higher density connector, 23 pins
in the same shell. While the "subminiature" series is interchangable
between manufacturers, the higher density versions often are often
incompatible. (Take a look through the nearly 300 pages of connectors
in a Newark catalog for many of the more common variations!)
The VGA connector is a DE-15 and is standard. There is also a high density
DB connector (44 pins, I think), used rarely.
It is true about the standards going out the window. Believe it or not,
Cisco jams _60_ pins into a DA connector.
The D connector is an oldie - it was used by the military for many years
in aircraft radio and radar gear. I once (may still have) had a chart with
just about all of the variations of the standard (probably a MIL-C-
thingie), including the weird ones with coax and high current pins.
The only weird variation to survive is the DB-13W3, used for Sun video.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
15 Jan
15 Jan
3:35 a.m.
The D connector is an oldie - it was used by the
military for many years
in aircraft radio and radar gear. I once (may still have) had a chart with
just about all of the variations of the standard (probably a MIL-C-
thingie), including the weird ones with coax and high current pins.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh yeah! I remember those! The first cellular car phones made by
Motorola had an A size plug which had some data pins near the center,
and big, fat power pins on either side. Never saw anything like it
before. It sure looked wierd at the time . . .
Jeff
The only weird variation to survive is the DB-13W3, used for Sun video.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
6:26 a.m.
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7:18 p.m.
At 09:24 PM 98/01/14 -0500, you wrote:
Where did the following terms come from?
-Dongle
I recall adverts claiming that this device was invented by a "Don Gall" who
got frustrated when his software was indiscriminately pirated in the mid 80s.
Kevin
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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi(a)sfu.ca
15 Jan
15 Jan
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