On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > DA = the one that's the same size as a Mac video connector (or PC
> > joystick port).
> > DE = the one that's the same size as a PC 9 pin serial port
> The letters don't necessarily indicate a progression in size, which is
> stupid. Who comes up with this crap?
I'm guessing that when they came up with DA, DB, DC, and DD,
(and called them "SUB-miniature"!), that it didn't occur to
them that eventually some even smaller sizes would be needed.
IOW, the sequence is chronological!
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Fri Mar 05 2004 - 19:01:12 GMT