On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Mike S <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/26/2014 6:53 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote: > >> Oooooh!! THAT's what they mean by 'male' and 'female'. I get it! :^)) >> > > You jest, but it's not always clear. Take the common Cannon "D-sub" > connectors. A connector with male contacts will have have a female shield, > making gender ambiguous. That's why they come in P (pin) or S (socket) > forms, and not male/female. > > Or the old Token Ring connectors (or even older GR-874), which were > hermaphroditic. > Or the not exactly intuitive BNC connector. Or some of the old GR connectors. Mark _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
