Old HP scanner

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Mon Feb 11 20:27:17 2002

Joe wrote:
>
> At 11:39 AM 2/11/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >Better tell that to 99% of the manufacturers and sellers that use the
> >terminology then. C50 or Centronics 50 is used more often than SCSI I to
> >refer to these connectors. If I remember long ago PBX and multi-line phones
> >had a centronics-like connector as well (or was it more like an IEEE-488)but
> >I know it wasn't referred to as Centronics.
>
> The phone companies used a 50 pin connector that was commonly referred to
> as a "Telephone connector" for their multi-line phones. Later the same
> connector was commonly used for SCSI devices so it came to be called a
> "SCSI connector" but in truth both connectors were made by Amphenol. At
> about the same time the smaller 36 pin connector became known as a
> "Centronics connector" because Centronics was one of the largest
> manufacturers of printers and they used it for their standard printer
> connector. FWIW HP developed an instrument control system called "HP-IB"
> and it used a 26 pin version of the same connector so that one became known
> as an "HP-IB connector". Other companies utilized the HP-IB concept but
> called their systems GP-IB so now the 26 pin connector became known as a
> "GP-IB connector". BUT they're all made by Amphenol!
>
> Joe


I learned to call them Amphenol "Blue Ribbon" connectors. Like the D
connectors there were several sizes depending on number of contacts.
Guess they were named for their useage, like PL259 connectors were named
from the military stock number, rather than calling them UHF.

Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 20:27:17 GMT