Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer find

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Tue Jan 1 16:46:31 2002

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, William Donzelli wrote:

> > Being a long-time British/European rider, I gotta ask...
> > Was Amphenol *that* bad?
>
> No, not at all. The first series of Blue Ribbons (it is a whole family of
> connectors, not just the "Centronics" style. In fact, it is mostly just a
> catchy name, because of the blue plastic they use) did have some
> reliability problems, but they were corrected. I have not seen a new
> design (since 1960, anyway) with these older Blue Ribbons.
>
> Amphenol did make some really good connectors as well.

 Oh, I know. But no self-respecting scooter tramp, or British auto
enthusiast for that matter, can let a reference to Lucas go by.
 "It's the Law."

        Doc
Received on Tue Jan 01 2002 - 16:46:31 GMT