[sdiy] OT Re: Basic was not an acronym (neither is Moog or Arp)

[James Husted]

on 12/3/01 7:01 AM, John L Marshall at john.l.marshall at gte.net wrote:

> Yup.
> 
> Neill an engineer at Amphenol invented the N connector.
> 
> Concelman an engineer at AT&T invented the C connector.
> 
> BNC and TNC is an integration of the two.
> 
> In a pinch, a BNC or a TNC female can be mated with an N male. (No sex
> Jokes.)
> 
> Anal? Perhaps. We love to rewrite history if we don't know.
> 
> Its up to us to preserve synthesizer history. Imagine 60 years from now some
> ignorant person referring to Dieter as the inventer of the analog music
> synthesizer.
> 
> John
> 
> 
Or trying to come up with acronyms for Moog and Arp! (Musically Organized
Orchestra Gizmo, or A Really Pretty synthesizer... make me stop..)

-James
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