9-track tape drive: What is this?

From: Gil Parrish <107765.1161_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Wed Aug 20 07:40:02 1997

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>BTW, what's the correct name for that series of connectors? We tend to
call them 'Amphenol Connectors' in the UK (while realising that Amphenol
make a wide range of different connectors). I've also seen them called
'Centronics Connectors' (after the common use for the 36 pin one I guess),
IEEE (or IEEE-488) connectors (after the common use for the 24 pin one)
and 'Telco Connectors'. I think the last is what HP call them.<

They are generically called "Centronics connectors" in the U.S., being 36
pin, 24 pin, or whatever. The HP connectors are called IEEE-488, since
that is the standard they follow; never heard them called "Telco
connectors" by HP or anyone else.

Gil Parrish
Received on Wed Aug 20 1997 - 07:40:02 BST