Why do they insist on calling these breakout boards when they are connection boards.

A breakout board BREAKS the connection between the computer and system by either opto's or buffers to form a protection.

These connector strips do neither.

Mind you I must admit they have a use as we have two of these daisy chained back to back so we can put a scope onto the parallel cable on any connector without having to hack a cable or wiring about.

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