Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is a lot of fun, especially for someone like me who spent decades connecting audio-video equipment professionally. I'm sure you will enjoy it, too! Can you identify ten different types of connecting cables, both old and new? Good luck; I scored 80%. Link
Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is a lot of fun, especially for someone like me who spent decades connecting audio-video equipment professionally. I'm sure you will enjoy it, too! Can you identify ten different types of connecting cables, both old and new? Good luck; I scored 80%. Link
You'd think the quiz maker would have at least used the proper name for the "telephone cable" 8P8C or commonly called RJ45
If they wanted to be really tough they could've included some golden oldies like HP-IL, and maybe a CGA or an IBM token ring connector thrown in just to be tricky.
Oh, and Piggy, just FYI, I believe it showed a RJ-11 connector, not RJ-45.
Piggy: The 'telephone cable' is RJ11, not RJ45.
Unless you're colourblind... 4 pins versus 8. Ethernet cabling tend to be round due to twisted pairing whereas telephone tend to be flat.
10/10. I'm an AV guy, so I would have some real issues if I got any wrong.
That was real easy.
I can now sit with a smug sense of satisfaction, along with all the other people who have no life.