Re: DB-19 cable from old Mac 400K ext drive - compatible?

[NO%lesh%SPAM%erjt%HERE@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

David E A Wilson (david@uow.edu.au) wrote:
:  
: This brings to mind my pet peeve about D type connectors - everyone calls
: them DB-xx connectors. They are actually DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50 and
: DE-9. In addition a 15 pin VGA connector would be a DE-15 as the letter
: describes the size of the connector and the number is the pin count. I
: have no idea what a 19 pin connector (nor the 23 pin used on Amiga disk
: drives) should be called.

You probably figured out exactly why they now call all sizes,
"D-Subminiatures" now instead of trying to figure out a separate
letter for each size.

"I just developed a new D-subminiature size 17 for my product."

"Great, now we'll have to reletter the existing D-sub's."

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