The Centronics connector

----------Original Message: From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> Subject: RE: The Centronics connector On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, dwight elvey wrote: ISTR that there was also a 100 ? The 101 was BIG. It was HEAVY. Substantially bigger and heavier than Laserjet -. It was fast. It was LOUD! But, it would fit into the back of a Civic hatchback. I had one sitting around for years. I took it to some of the John Craig Computer Swaps in San Jose, and siome of the "Northwest" ones in San Mateo. I could not sell it. Not for $100; not for $50; not for $20 I gave it to City College Of San Francisco in 1983? when I was doing some part-time teaching there. They stated a value of $1200! so I got a LOT more off of my taxes than I could have gotten from a sale. IF they have stopped using it by now, then it was NOT because it was worn out. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com ***********Reply: I used a 101 for years; great machine, similar in size & weight to the line printers I was using at Burroughs, even used a form control tape. Also as noisy; it was in a back room of the basement, connected to the CBM 8032 in my upstairs office with a 50 foot ribbon cable. Length restrictions on parallel cables? Feh! Still have the cable and many of the printouts... mike