Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer find

From: Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Tue Jan 1 22:27:19 2002

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
>
> > Do TELEPHONE people who have been using the larger connectors since
> > before Centronics Corp existed, call them "Centronics connectors"?
>
> I've always known them to be called Amphenol connectors in the telco
> world. So pick your favorite misnomer.

I've only heard them called Butterfly connectors. Any ideas where that
name comes from?

-- Pat
Received on Tue Jan 01 2002 - 22:27:19 GMT