[Tfug] Connectors

[Jeremy D Rogers]

I'll add to this rant.. (sorry, no *good* experience here to offer)

WTF was up with the dell cases with the USB connectors in the front of
the case that pointed down at an angle and hidden behind a plastic
panel that only hinged out a couple inches?! Seriously, I found it was
easier to make a blind connection to the back of the case where the
connection was at least straight than to blindly (unless you got you
cheek on the floor) guess if your angle to the case needed to be 30
degrees or 45 degrees in addition to the axial orientation and x-y
location all being hidden from view behind the panel. What a mess.

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:08 PM, eric christian <ericdanc at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Being a hardware-type, I tend to obsess about silly
>> little things like *connectors* (connectors and capactors are
>> the two biggest failure items in most devices!)
>>
>> I tend to do most of my "plugging" *blind*.  Either the
>> connector is located someplace that's inaccessible
>> (e.g., on the BACK of an item)...  *or*, someplace
>> "invisible" (e.g., poorly lit room)... *or*, my eyes
>> are preoccupied with something else at the time.
>>
>> As a result, I find 102.6% of all connectors are very
>> uncooperative!
>>
>> I suspect the easiest connection to make is a phono plug...
>> or, maybe a phone plug (the two are similar enough).
>> But, for more than a few conductors, these just are not
>> practical.
>>
>> I am particularly annoyed with how piss poor the USB
>> (A *and* B!) connectors are -- considering how relatively
>> new they are!  (i.e., I can forgive the DB25 as it was the
>> result of an unholy marriage of IBM/ATT)
>>
>> The FW connector is notably easier to mate than the USB
>> connectors -- though it is still a bit of a chore to do
>> blind.
>>
>> Anyone have any *good* experiences in this regard?  Here,
>> I'm especially interested in some of the more "proprietary"
>> (i.e., not "industry standard") connections that you
>> may encounter on consumer kit...
>>
>> Thx!
>> --don
>>
>>
>>
> Oh boy, I know this problem. For allmost all my USB connectors (they're
> in the back, waaaay back) I've got cheap extension cables to the front.
> Eric
>>
>>
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-- 
Jeremy D. Rogers, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University