In article ,
Robin wrote:
On 09/10/2019 16:50, charles wrote:
In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 09:31:24 +0100, Robin wrote:

On 08/10/2019 23:40, Dave W wrote:
On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:45:22 +0100, T i m wrote:

On Tue, 8 Oct 2019 12:04:45 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Tuesday, 8 October 2019 18:43:52 UTC+1, T i m wrote:
We are looking for a straight cable converter that would take a 3.5mm
4 pole jack that would typically connect a headset into a Playstation
or X-Box but split it out into a 3.5mm 'stereo' jack (headphones) and
a 2.5mm (mono?) jack for the mic?

Plugs are male, jacks are female.

Not here in England they aren't:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#Other_terms

The caption to the second picture on that page says otherwise.


Supported by the OED:

"1953 W. MacLanachan Television & Radar Encycl. 103/2 Jack and Jack
plug, a socket with two or more contacts..into which a jack plug with
corresponding contacts can be inserted"

And the way telephone lines are terminated with a line jack unit.

And that all may be so, but isn't necessarily taking into account the
UK usage of the term in general usage (not just telephones, where a
round plug hasn't been used (domestically) for *years* (if ever?)).

They certainly have been used - I've still got one of the sockets in my
'box of bits'.


I thought you might also have met them with Prestel.

There's a "rogues' gallery" of some of the old ones at

https://www.britishtelephones.com/menujack.htm


Mine is a 95A

and if you've got the plug too

https://www.britishtelephones.com/parts/plugs.htm

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