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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>connector conspiracy</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="confuser.html" title="confuser"/><link rel="next" href="cons.html" title="cons"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">connector conspiracy</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="confuser.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cons.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="connector-conspiracy"/><dt xmlns="" id="connector-conspiracy"><b>connector conspiracy</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [probably came into prominence with the appearance of the KL-10 (one
model of the <a href="../P/PDP-10.html"><i class="glossterm">PDP-10</i></a>), none of whose connectors
matched anything else] The tendency of manufacturers (or, by extension,
programmers or purveyors of anything) to come up with new products that
don't fit together with the old stuff, thereby making you buy either all
new stuff or expensive interface devices.</p><p>(A closely related phenomenon, with a slightly different intent, is
the habit manufacturers have of inventing new screw heads so that only
Designated Persons, possessing the magic screwdrivers, can remove covers
and make repairs or install options. A good 1990s example is the use of
Torx screws for cable-TV set-top boxes. Older Apple Macintoshes took this
one step further, requiring not only a long Torx screwdriver but a
specialized case-cracking tool to open the box.)</p><p>In these latter days of open-systems computing this term has fallen
somewhat into disuse, to be replaced by the observation that
&#8220;<span class="quote">Standards are great! There are so many of them to choose
from!</span>&#8221; Compare <a href="../B/backward-combatability.html"><i class="glossterm">backward combatability</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="confuser.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cons.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">confuser </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cons</td></tr></table></div></body></html>