PDP 8/e power wires

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Tue Jul 25 19:24:34 2000

At 05:00 PM 7/25/00 -0700, I wrote:
> > White is "hot", black is "neutral" and green is ground. Most of the screw
> > on plugs have a legend on them or on the package. Remember they are
> > designed for people who have no training to install.

Fred Corrected:
>I always thought that the "usual" color code for electrical wiring was
>BLACK is HOT, WHITE is NEUTRAL, and green is ground. Am I remembering it
>wrong? or is the PDP 8/e backwards from everything else?

Nope, I'm the one that was wrong, fortunately several people have corrected
me so hopefully Laweence won't get it backward.

>'Course, if you soak them in WD-40 long enough, it might not matter.

Of course it doesn't matter after soaking, WD-40 is such a great lubricant
it allows the electrons to actually slide over to their correct conductor!

--Chuck
Received on Tue Jul 25 2000 - 19:24:34 BST