From: Humphreys, David (URB) (david.humphreys_at_honeywell.com)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 05:18:50 PST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Masters [mailto:rdm_at_enfield.lympago.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:01 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] IBM Thinkpad & Interconnect port
> And another thing... Our Good Dear Friend, Mr PCBMan, has some Male
> connectors. Great! But with these wretched shell and probe connectors,
> which is which? Is the male connector the one on the Newt, or
> is it the
> one on the dongle?
Connector sex ed 101
The male is inserted in the female.
The male USUALLY has pins and the female has sockets.
But, as in life, even connectors can undergo a sex change so that the male has sockets and the female has pins!
You can take your cue from the shell. The one that fits inside the other, regardless of pin configuration is termed the
male.
So, the Newton has a female connector and the dongle is therefore male.
The connectors I have are male. i.e. they are the same as the ones in the dongle.
Regards,
PCBman
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