Subject: Re: Connector nomenclatures Re: zip drive problem
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
From: Space Case <wormey@eskimo.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/10/1996 23:50:55
On Feb 10,  4:19pm, David Gilbert wrote:
>>> DA-15 -- 15-pin
>
>Scott> OK, which 15-pin connector is this, the one with 3 rows of
>Scott> small pins (as in monitors) or the 2 rows of "normally" sized
>Scott> pins (as in Ethernet AUI)?
>
>	Isn't the ethernet something else due to it's goofy 'clip'
>thing?

No, the nomenclature is an ANSI standard for the connector size, pin
spacing, etc.  Attachment hardware is not related to it.  (The clips
can be removed and replaced with screws, doesn't change the connector.)

~Steve

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