[sdiy] DIN / MIDI socket error? Damage?

[ChristianH]

Well, there *was* a time here in Europe when DIN connectors have been in
use for audio equipment, but AFAIK this went out of fashion around the
80s. 
Even my (japanese) 1978 cassette tape deck has one, wired in parallel to
the usual RCA jacks.

Christian



On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:32:12 +1100 "Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
wrote:

> Anyone ever seen anything damaged by connecting 
> a midi or din socket to the 'wrong' port?
> (I guess in Europe you can even connect them to audio!)
> 
> Should one take precautions in designing gear, in case
> this happens??
> 
> paul perry melbourne australia 
> (looking at a dud DIN out socket, and wondering..)