Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow?

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
Date: Mon Aug 27 07:22:38 2001

The locals here in Ky call the 3.5" floppies "hard disks" too - I guess
because the hard outer casing. It's difficult to explain to them that it's
still a floppy disk as the revolving disk inside of that case is flexible -
or "floppy" and that a hard drive gets it's name from having hard platters
inside of it. Of course I may be biased having grown up in Chicago with
schools that teach you that "I ain't got no ideal" or "might could" are
improper uses of English and that the earth was found to be round :-)

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chad Fernandez
-> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 1:22 AM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow?
->
->
-> Tony Duell wrote:
-> > Argh!!! A 3.5" floppy is in no sense a hard drive...
->
-> Yeah that was another interesting aspect of the label job. It of course
-> means it was user made.... as if the user was somehow going to forget
-> what to put into the drive, and try and insert a 5.25" floppy by
-> mistake!
->
-> > Err, are you complaining about labelling connectors. It's odd, but I've
-> > labelled connectors on a lot of my machines so I know what they are.
-> > There are not hat many different types of connectors in use, and
-> > mis-connecting stuff can prove expensive.
->
-> I can see manufacturer labeling ports, and a user/installer labeling
-> ports that may not be common or standard, or possibly easily confused.
-> I can't see a good reason for a user to label the everyday stuff that
-> should be obvious, like the floppy drives or the video port.
->
-> >
-> > For those of you who think it's unneccessary, let's see how you do with
-> > the connectors on the PC/XT on my desk :
->
-> I'll try, but I don't know what a DA or DC is. Are they the proper
-> names for what many people would still call a db connector?
->
-> >
-> > Slot 1 : Female DA15, Female DB25
->
-> don't know
-> >
-> > Slot 2 : 6 Ribbon cables come out (a) ending in a male DC37,
-> (b,c) ending
-> > in female DB25s, (d,e) ending in male DB25s (narrower ribbon
-> cables than
-> > b,c), (f) ending in a female DC37
->
-> No idea, but from you, probably something homemade :-)
->
-> >
-> > Slot 3 : Pushbutton switch, Mini-DIN 6
->
-> The switch might be a reset, but no idea on the mini-din 6, M$ bus mouse
-> perhaps?
->
-> >
-> > Slot 4 : RCA phono socket, female DE9
->
-> That's your video card I think.
->
-> >
-> > Slot 5 : Female DE9, female DB25
->
-> serial ports
->
-> >
-> > Slot 6 : Female DC37
->
-> again, I 'm not sure what a DC connector is.... is it a floppy
-> controller? I can't recall the pin count.
->
-> > Slot 7 : Male DB25
->
-> parallel port?
-> >
-> > Slot 8 : Female DC37
->
-> a second floppy controller?
->
-> >
-> > Also on the back : another male DB25, female 5 pin DIN, male and female
-> > IEC mains connectors.
->
-> The DB25 could be another parallel port, the din 5 your keyboard, and I
-> don't know what IEC is, but since you say mains I assume that's your
-> power cord and monitor power points.
->
-> >
-> > I'll be impressed if anyone identifies all of the above.
->
-> I might do a better jon, if I actually had the computer in front of me,
-> even if I didn't pop the top.
->
-> Chad Fernandez
-> Michigan, USA
->
Received on Mon Aug 27 2001 - 07:22:38 BST