thread: The '80's and antiquated technology
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08-20-2010, 11:07 PM
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Beginning in the 1930s those type of jacks were technically referred to as 'phono jacks'. For some reason today the name 'RCA jacks' has stuck, even though every manufacturer was and is using them.
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