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		jdietrich 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's a DE9, not a DB9 (but we know what you mean) European TVs still use an antenna connector that was introduced in 1922. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling-Lee_connector

formerly_proven 5 months ago [–]

Though that’s both older and better than RCA plugs. Somehow both RCA and NEMA managed to spread, the former world-wide, the latter only US + colonies, despite much better alternatives already existing and the drawbacks being obvious even 100 years ago.

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