>You are still missing the point....
No, I'm really not... see below
>My complant, yet again, is using the term 'Centronics port' for a SCSI
>interface using a 50 pin Blue Ribbon connector. Because that interface
>has little in common with the parallel printer interface mentioned above.
>And when this SCSI port is on a printer it is very misleading to call it
>a Centronics interface.
Sorry, Tony, I was never trying to argue this point. I was only trying to
point out the irony of using a misnomer to fight a misnomer....
regardless of the validity of either one... I had just found the idea
funny.
I personally don't disagree with trying to correct names... nor do I
disagree with calling things by their "common" name, nor do I disagree
with calling things by their WRONG names. As long as the item in question
can be successfully communicated... which can sometimes, such as with the
miscalling a SCSI-1 "Blue Ribbon" connector, a Centronics port, cause
confusion. I understood what was meant, but others, more technically
savvy than I may have been confused (in part because to me, a connector
similar to that found on a printer, but that contains 50 pins is used for
one of two things, SCSI-1, or 25 pair phone cable, and since this was a
printer, I ruled out phone cable). To people like yourself, who have more
knowledge than I can ever hope to, probably know of dozens more uses, and
thus find it a problem to call it the wrong thing.
>But this list is made up (at least in part) of technical people for whom
>it _does_ matter whether an interface is a parallel printer port or a
>SCSI interface. It may not matter to the average user (provided both
>machine and printer have the same interface and mating connectors), but
>it certainly matters to people here who want to use the printer with
>other machines, who want to repair or modify it, and so on.
Agreed (see above). For those that this kind of thing can mean something
totally different than what was intended, it matters a great deal (like
my tape vs film situation... if I had ever told a crew, "lets go down to
the courthouse and shoot some film... get a crew together", I would have
been in for a rude surprise when they showed up with a 32mm camera and
DAT deck... when what I wanted was 2 guys and a BetaCam outfit).
But like I said, my intent was never to argue this point at all... it was
simply to point out the humor in the one responder's comments regarding a
Crescent wrench, when discussing calling things by their correct name.
See, I took it along the lines of them saying "Don't call it a Centronics
Port, because if you do again, I am going to smack you with my Craftsman
Brand Crescent Wrench". Now granted, that isn't what they said, but maybe
now some of the irony I originally saw will come thru. They are saying
don't call something by the wrong name, because if you do I will hit you
with something that I am calling by the wrong name. I found it funny... I
guess I am more easily amused than some others on the list (and yes, I am
fascinated by shiny objects)
-chris
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