Re: Early Mac Mouse --> Apple II Mouse Card ?

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> On 08 Mar 2002 08:22:12 GMT, mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:
>
> >All very true, but a truly broken nomenclature, and almost
> >totally disregarded for the last few years, at least in the USA.
> [snip]
>
> This post was a great example of the cliche "If you aren't part of the
> solution, then you are part of the problem."  :)
>
> Just for the record, I try to use the proper designations.  I'm all
> for properly identifying things.  If everyone were to start getting
> lazy and not bothering with proper designations, we'd end up getting
> over run with Mac posts in this newsgroup because Apple II and Apple
> Mac would both be considered the same thing to "most" people.  :)
>

My local electronics parts store has bins of connectors labeled DE-9 and
DB-9.  They appeared identical to me, now I know why.  It's too late to
worry much about the distinction, though. I can't recall ever seeing the
DE-9 designation in cable documentation. On a hunch, I just checked a Radio
Shack catalog. Yep, they call 'em DB-9's.
DB-9 is the de facto standard, I'm not going to bother asking for a DE-9
because it would just confuse them and waste time.  In other words, I'd be
making a problem out of a non-problem.  I'll continue to refer to them as
DB-9's, but try to remember the correct designation for those rare occasions
where I see it.

The Mac posts are just  people who are lost. It's not the same person coming
back for more. Macs are Apples, after all, though Apple II's are not Macs. I
don't see any point in berating them for being lost, they'll get the message
if they don't get any responses.
-Paul