[Boatanchors] Octal versus Magnal?

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yes. I was in the  computer  biz  from  '79 to  91'  called them.... DB9, 
DB15 DB25 DB37 and DB50
we all  seemed  to!  
 
Ed _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
In a message dated 1/8/2014 4:51:35 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
wlfuqu00 at uky.edu writes:

Kind of reminds me of the Sub-D connectors.
Today. actually started in the  1980s, you hear terms like DB9, DB15 
connectors while in fact they are
DE9  and DA15, along with the DB-25, DC-37 etc.
73
Bill  wa4lav