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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: vt420 terminal
To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:23:05 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199709250727.AAA09884@usr03.primenet.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Sep 25, 97 07:27:36 am
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As Terry Lambert wrote...
> 
> > What the heck is a DEC-style modular connector (who manufactures the
> > connector?)
> 
> Instead of:
> 
>                 ,-----.
>                 `-----'
>             ,-------------.
>             | | | | | | | |
>             | | | | | | | |
>             `-+-+-+-+-+-+-'
> 
> It looks like:
> 
>              ,-----.
>              `-----'
>             ,-------------.
>             | | | | | | | |
>             | | | | | | | |
>             `-+-+-+-+-+-+-'

	Which is called the MMJ (modified MJ)
	To be found in DECconnect office cabling (among others)

> This change to the locking tab was made for: "no good reason".

Come on, we tremendously boost the sales of all sorts of weird adapters ;-)

Wilko
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