[SOC] Fw: "'Master' and 'Slave' Computer Labels Unacceptable, Officials Say."

[peteclough at aol.com]

If you are unsure of which gender an adapter is? Are you bound under "Don't ask, Dont tell"?
Is it against law for two connectors of the same gender to be connected together on the same wire?
Are "Gender Changers" frowned upon?
SOC minds want to know..
:PC






-----Original Message-----
From: hank  k8dd <k8dd at arrl.net>
To: Second Class Operators' Club <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, Sep 21, 2010 1:55 pm
Subject: Re: [SOC] Fw: "'Master' and 'Slave' Computer Labels Unacceptable, Officials Say."


On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Carlos J Caro <ccaro3 at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> Hoo boy. Just wait until they find out about male and female
>> connectors!
>>
>>     - Mike -
>>
> They already have Mike !
>
> For years now the PC way of writing government manuals is to use Jack for
> female
> and Plug for male connectors.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos K4REI


Back in the 70's I was working on desk sized electronic bookkeeping
machines that had something new call 'data communications' so they
could communicate with main frames.  Due to all the cables having male
connectors we had a dual female adapter called a 'lezzie' adapter.
Nobody gave it a second thought that there could be a lesbian adapter!
Years later when all the DB-25 and DB-9 male-male & female-female
adapters came out the naming convention was apparently discontinued!

-- 
'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then
beat you with experience.'      -anon

'Never argue with an SOCer either'    -k8dd
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