D-shell connector age?

[Adrian Graham]

On 3/1/07 21:33, "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> Anyone know where D-shell connectors first appeared on equipment?
> 
> Interesting thread going on in a local group at the moment about why SCART [1]
> sockets are so horrible and nasty (prone to breaking pins, difficult to line
> up, prone to falling out etc.) and why something better, like a D-shell
> connector, wasn't chosen instead.

SCART was originally known as PERITEL and originated in France.

Make of that what you will :)

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