5 Apr
2001
5 Apr
'01
1:52 p.m.
In a message dated Thu, 5 Apr 2001 6:28:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Mike Ford
<mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> writes:
<< >> Noteworthy SCSI II adapter, NWSCSI01
3Com I don't sweat, fairly common, I "may" even have one, and one style of
dongle fits a bunch of 3Com cards. I mention it mostly on the chance that
some member of the list is the grand dragon of dongle collecting, sitting
on a huge hoard of dongles.
3Com EtherLink
10bt, 3C589D
Xircom Netwave Adapter, CNW
I believe www.computersurplusoutlet.com had some 3com dongles
at $7.00 -- but I don't know if they're for that model. >
3c589d needs the 10b2/10bT dongle - or at least mine does :-)
-Linc Fessenden
9 Apr
9 Apr
4:54 p.m.
New subject: Dongle, invented by Don Gall?
3c589d needs the 10b2/10bT dongle - or at least mine
does :-)
Tis true, according to the great reference source, Ebay, amazing what
people will look up for a cable etc. that is going to sell for few bucks at
best.
BTW While talking to someone at the Santee swapmeet, he told me the origine
of the word dongle is from the person who invented the short adapter
cables, Don Gall. Fact or fiction?
10 Apr
10 Apr
1:17 a.m.
New subject: Dongle, invented by Don Gall?
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 18:54:50 -0700 Mike Ford
<mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> wrote:
BTW While talking to someone at the Santee swapmeet,
he told me the origine
of the word dongle is from the person who invented the short adapter
cables, Don Gall. Fact or fiction?
Fiction. Advertising, in fact. I remember an advert for a
certain brand of dongle in .EXE magazine in the 1980s,
where this myth was presented. "Don Gall" was a programmer
whose work was ripped-off and who as inspired to invent
hardware copy-protection and (according to the ad) name it
after himself. If I ever see it again, I'll post the full
info.
And a nit-pick: to me, "dongle" is a word describing a
copy-protection device and "dangler" is a word for the
short, easily-lost cable that one often finds adapting
a PCMCIA card to a full-size connector.
I also use "dangler" to refer to the thing on the back of a
Sun Sparc 20 that adapts the non-standard AUI/audio
connector to a proper AUI and some jack sockets. Equally,
it could be the thing that breaks out the Sun's dual serial
ports into two 25-pin "D" connectors. Or the thing that
connects an IPX's audio port micro-DIN to two jack sockets.
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
7:09 p.m.
New subject: Dongle, invented by Don Gall?
I've heard 'dongle' refer to the parallel port security keys way
before laptops an PCMCIA cards, so I would say fiction...
He may have glommed onto the word, but did not invent int.
clint
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
3c589d needs
the 10b2/10bT dongle - or at least mine does :-)
Tis true, according to the great reference source, Ebay, amazing what
people will look up for a cable etc. that is going to sell for few bucks at
best.
BTW While talking to someone at the Santee swapmeet, he told me the origine
of the word dongle is from the person who invented the short adapter
cables, Don Gall. Fact or fiction?
11 Apr
11 Apr
5:06 a.m.
New subject: Dongle, invented by Don Gall?
--- "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net> wrote:
I've heard 'dongle' refer to the parallel port security keys way
before laptops an PCMCIA cards, so I would say fiction...
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> BTW While talking to someone at the Santee swapmeet, he told me the origine
> of the word dongle is from the person who invented the short adapter
> cables, Don Gall. Fact or fiction?
I first heard the term dongle in reference to a joystick-port security
device for a game on the C-64. This would have been c. 1982. Even then,
the legendary "Don Gall" was a persistent rumor. I think someone else
on the list has already expounded the marketing aspect of the name.
-ethan
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4:24 p.m.
New subject: Dongle, invented by Don Gall?
On Mon, 9 Apr
2001, Mike Ford wrote:
I first heard the term dongle in reference to a joystick-port security
device for a game on the C-64. This would have been c. 1982. Even then,
the legendary "Don Gall" was a persistent rumor. I think someone else
on the list has already expounded the marketing aspect of the name. BTW While talking to someone at the Santee
swapmeet, he told me the
origine
> of the word dongle is from the person who invented the short adapter
> cables, Don Gall. Fact or fiction? From
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/dongle.html
Note: in early 1992, advertising copy from Rainbow Technologies (a
manufacturer of dongles) included a claim that the word derived from "Don
Gall", allegedly the inventor of the device. The company's receptionist
will cheerfully tell you that the story is a myth invented for the ad copy.
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