Re: Printer cable length

[David Wilson <mcs6502@gmail.com>]

On Aug 17, 5:01 pm, Jerry <awande...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Robert Boucher <bouch...@alumni.texas.net> writes:
> > Does anyone have a source for the connector on the printer card end?
> > Apparently that connector isn't made to take apart. I managed to break
> > off one of the tabs on the side that holds it together.
>
> Is this the Centronics [male] connector?  I may have some around, but
> send me a photo just in case.  [I tried to email you but the address
> above bounced.]

If it is anything like the printer cards in my collection, it would be
an dual row female IDC connector - probably 20 or 26 pins (some are
not IDC but instead have individual pins crimped to wires). All my
parallel printer cards have male dual row 0.1" pitch headers.

When I was still using dot-matrix printers, I made a short lead with a
DB-25F on the end wired to accept a standard PC printer cable. I
attached the DB25F to a suitable hole on the rear panel of my IIe.