1999-12-18 18:41:45+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Can someone clear up a confusion I've got? I'm building some hardware, and the documentation for the device I'm interfacing to calls its plugs "8-pin Mini-DIN". The weird part is that these are the round plugs that are about half an inch in diamaeter, not the little PS/2 sized mouse and keyboard plugs, and when I go into the electronics store to buy this stuff they're labeled "DIN", and the other teeny-tiny ones are labeled "Mini-DIN". I've heard the "Mini-DIN" label applied to the big ones before, back before the PS/2 stuff became popular. Anyone out there have the history? Are there 3" monsters out there called "Maxi-DIN"?