On May 21, 2008, at 12:13 AM, hardware@... wrote:

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> P.S. Why are they called Banana I can't see any similarity :-)
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The "banana" similarity is in the banana plug, not the banana jack.
Think of a straight banana and the ridges of the banana peel look
similar to the metal-spring-like sides of the connector on the banana
plug.

I don't think I have ever types banana this many times in a message
before...

-James