First appearances of connector types?

[N Cook]

Anyone know of somewhere that lists the first appearances of such connectors
as
Scart
Mini din
in particular
but preferably other types as well for bookmark purposes.

 

[Gary Tait]

Anyone know of somewhere that lists the first appearances of such
connectors as
Scart
Mini din
in particular
but preferably other types as well for bookmark purposes.

Guessing:

SCART: Probably the late 1970s/early 1980s when video recorders,
Teletext, and other video deices began showing up on the market.

Mini-din:
Mid 80s, when S-VHS video recorders started showing on the market, or
when IBM came our with the PS/2 system, and used the mini 6 pin din
instead of the larget XT/AT 5 pin din for the keyboard, and later mouse.

 

[N Cook]

Guessing:

SCART: Probably the late 1970s/early 1980s when video recorders,
Teletext, and other video deices began showing up on the market.

Mini-din:
Mid 80s, when S-VHS video recorders started showing on the market, or
when IBM came our with the PS/2 system, and used the mini 6 pin din
instead of the larget XT/AT 5 pin din for the keyboard, and later mouse.

For Scart I have only got to earlier than 1984 and mini-din there seems to
be confusion in usage of the term with fine pitch D connectors but mid 80s
seems about right.
Unfortunately the old catalogues I have are for more industrial type than
domestic connectors.

 

[Michael Black]

Anyone know of somewhere that lists the first appearances of such connectors

This is a newsgroup about the repair of electronic equipment. Your
question has no relevance here.

Before posting, and adding to the clutter that may kill yet another
newsgroup, read Mark Zenier's guide to the sci.electronics.* hierarchy:
ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/m/mzenier/seguide9706.txt

MIchael

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

SCART: Probably the late 1970s/early 1980s when video recorders,
Teletext, and other video deices began showing up on the market.

IIRC originated in France and called Peritel - a way of connecting an
early home computer to the TV. No point in having what is essentially an
RGB connector for a VHS.

 

[N Cook]

IIRC originated in France and called Peritel - a way of connecting an
early home computer to the TV. No point in having what is essentially an
RGB connector for a VHS.

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*Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

Dave Plowman [email protected] London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I see someone has done Wikis for them.
According to those 1977 for Peritel/Scart but no dating on the mini din one
..

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I see someone has done Wikis for them. According to those 1977 for
Peritel/Scart but no dating on the mini din one .

I tend to keep a selection of old catalogues from RS and Maplin etc so
I'll try and remember to look and see when they first appeared - if mine
go back that far.

 

[N Cook]

I tend to keep a selection of old catalogues from RS and Maplin etc so
I'll try and remember to look and see when they first appeared - if mine
go back that far.

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*Gargling is a good way to see if your throat leaks.

Dave Plowman [email protected] London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I looked in my 1977 and 1985 Maplin ones but neither in there.
My earliest RS one is 1986, I keep a look out for earlier RS cataloques,
(when they used to stock valves and TV spares and running man logo) at radio
rallies but not seen any for many years.

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I looked in my 1977 and 1985 Maplin ones but neither in there. My
earliest RS one is 1986, I keep a look out for earlier RS cataloques,
(when they used to stock valves and TV spares and running man logo) at
radio rallies but not seen any for many years.

Ah - that saves me the bother then. ;-)

 

[Gary Tait]

No point in having what is essentially an
RGB connector for a VHS.

But it leaves the possibility there for the future.

Slightly OT, I wish they had Peritel/SCART in North America.

 

[N Cook]

But it leaves the possibility there for the future.

Slightly OT, I wish they had Peritel/SCART in North America.

What does an ordinary consumer do there, to connect a TV and surround sound
amp to a satellite system, VCR and recordable DVD say. Call out an engineer
to create a custom made rat's nest. ?

 

[Gary Tait]

What does an ordinary consumer do there, to connect a TV and surround
sound amp to a satellite system, VCR and recordable DVD say. Call out
an engineer to create a custom made rat's nest. ?

I believe Video recorders have 3 SCART connectors. You can connect
digital audio with optical and coax though.

 

[whit3rd]

Anyone know of somewhere that lists the first appearances of such connectors
as
Scart
Mini din

The Macintosh Plus (1986) used mini-DIN 8 connectors for serial,
so they were definitely available then. DIN means a standard, of
course,
so there's a date of issue for the DIN documents (which probably isn't
the same as first manufacture or use).