[sdiy] 0.141" vs 0.125" jacks (was: 1/8" jack recommendations)

[David G. Dixon]

> With regard to jacks, I am fairly sure that the 1/4" jack has it's
> origins in telephony from a time when we were all using imperial
> measurements.
...snip...
> The humble 1/4" jack must be the great grandfather of them all.

I recently visited the Nevada Historical Society Museum in Reno, and there
on display was a telephone switchboard from about 1910 which was covered
with patch cords which, I'm sure, would work just fine on my MOTM-format
synth.  Of course, the advantages of 1/4" plugs are that they are easy to
grab, easy to find the jack with, and very durable -- all critical for
telephony, and highly desirable for synths.