Talk:Berg connector

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Ownership[edit]

See http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EKF/is_n2234_v44/ai_21083801 - Berg itself doesn't appear to exist. Framatome (FCI) owned it starting in 98. Seems Tyco Electronics does now. I don't believe the name of the Wikipedia article should be altered. --97.114.2.125 (talk) 19:07, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
According to http://www.moneyhouse.ch/u/fci_suisse_sa_CH-660.0.906.992-5.htm the company name Berg was deleted and replaced by FCI. As FCI still offers Berg products and don't think that Berg connectors were transferred to Tyco Electronics. I agree with 97.114.2.125, that the article name should not change, because Berg connector is still used and known within the electronics guys, also with the younger ones. 12:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michilans (talk • contribs)

The article is describing Berg connectors but give examples of completely different connectors. 8" and 5.25" floppies used a Molex/Walden type connector, 3.25" floppies used a Japanese style. None of these are 'Berg' style connectors. The Berg style connector is more commonly called 'pin headers'. It is also pointless to try to describe the PC clone front panel configurations as they vary widely (i.e. 2 pin header being used for a turbo switch, many used 3 pin versions) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.182.2.26 (talk) 21:36, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion[edit]

This shouldn't be merged because this is a unique name of a connector, where as "pin header" is a generic name. • Sbmeirow • Talk • 21:56, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~delete~~ No indication that "Berg" has been a significant name for these very generic connectors. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:46, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If this http://www.michaeljordan.nl/Berg%20connector.jpg is a "Berg connector" (and it is the sort used for small floppy drives) then this is not a pin header and that's not an appropriate merge. This type of connector is distinctive, it's asymmetric and there's a keying slot. It's fairly obscure (although the floppy disk use is numerically huge) but it is at least a definable type of distinct connector. Thus keep Andy Dingley (talk) 14:39, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tom's Hardware http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/power-supply-specifications-atx-reference,review-32338-11.html notes this type but describes them as an AMP "economy interconnection" (EI) series [1], not Berg or Mini-Molex. In such case, keeping and maybe a rename seems to be the way to go. Whatever, this article is crying out for a photo. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:48, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Berg connectors fall under the umbrella of pin headers. This article should be merged with the Berg article to prevent reader confusion. There is significant overlap between the two subjects and having separate articles creates a distinction without a difference issue. Drlegendre (talk) 17:43, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]