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I remember the advice I gave to someone connecting the cables in his first computer: "Don't worry, all the connectors are different, they will only connect corr
by marcodiego 5y ago
I remember the advice I gave to someone connecting the cables in his first computer: "Don't worry, all the connectors are different, they will only connect correctly. The ones which can be connected in more than one way will have no problem being connected in any possible way".
Aircraft cables should be made like different computer connectors that only allows them to be connected correctly.
- divbzero 5y agoI built a computer recently for the first time in a decade and it still strikes me how foolproof the process is. Even more incredible is how the connections are standardized among countless vendors selling interchangeable parts.
- rzzzt 5y agoThe AT power supply connector pair was a notable exception, where you had to take care of lining them up correctly so that the ground wires go towards the middle. And even though it is keyed, stronger people had no problems plugging in the 5¼" drive Molex connectors upside down.
- norvvryo 5y agoThis isn't really relevant in this day and age, but I once read about someone plugging a floppy power connector into a CD audio header after being told that nothing could be plugged into the wrong place while building a PC.