begin quoting Carl Lowenstein as of Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 12:49:51PM -0700: > On 9/11/05, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are really two issues -- one is orientation, the other is end > > distinction. When I think of 'hermaphroditic', I visualize a connector > > that can connect to itself (rotating 180 degrees, presumably) -- the > > ends all look the same. > > You got it. < http://www.ietlabs.com/Genrad/GR874.html >
Hm. So random variation will cause one connector to "slip inside" of the other connector? > If you can find a copy of Jef Raskin's _The Humane Interface_ see p. > 200 for his re-invention of the GR 874. See also p. 195 et seq. for a > discussion of connector issues and his design of a 4-conductor > hermaphroditic connector. Added to the list of books to get one day. -Stewart -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
