What is the most inappropriate connector with enough pins to support USB-C?
I suggest:
What is the most inappropriate connector with enough pins to support USB-C? I suggest: 67 comments
@Cal @jonty I'm convinced that @NanoRaptor made that image, and nothing will convince me otherwise @jonty I suggest the HD50 standard. It can carry two USB-C connections for twice the fun, and 50pin HD-Dual-C (TM) to USB-A connectors are already available! Be HD (tm) @jonty 36-way EDAC? Itβs got a lovely bolt-in design to keep it mated. https://www.digikey.co.uk/en/products/detail/edac-inc/519-036-000-305/13721392 @jonty M.2 is a little too plausible given that some versions actually carry USB signals by design. @jonty@chaos.social that might be the most inappropriate connector @mattgrayyes @jonty even better: not only can you insert it either way up, you can remap any of the pins! Perfect for when you want to send power down the data lines to cook stuff! @jonty For a second I though that was a connector-of-connectors, welding a bunch of RJ-11 jacks together and... Wait, hold on, I have an Idea! @jonty @cstross I'd suggest IBM bus and tag cables, from their older mainframes: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/IBM_360_Bus_Tag_Cables.png. Note that the connectors are about 10 cm long β and you needed two to connect to each I/O deviceβ¦ @SteveBellovin @jonty @cstross Beat this moose to it. (I may have a couple somewhere - unless I left them in my desk when the COVID-19 lockdown started and then turned into my retirement from Dinosaur Herding). Plessey Mk.4 / Pattern 104 should have more than enough pins (in shell size 3), or maybe some of the Painton (small-pin) Jones connectors. The original Jones connector exists in 12-pin versions though... @jonty https://www.s-bahn-galerie.de/S_Bahn_Berlin/xScharfenberg/877_602_03.htm @jonty@chaos.social I would use parallel port. Your connector is generally only for internal use, parallel port is made for external use. @jonty both the Dreamcast and Nintendo (SNES, Gamecube, and N64) AV connectors also had enough pins to support USB-C π€ @jonty There's 46 pins (edited: double-sided) on a ZX81 edge connector. That's plenty. |
@jonty https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART true full Inappropriateness