Couldn't be for the LPT port on a PC as it's female and the LPT is also
female. Steve's suggestion of it being a video cable is probably correct -
I'll have to see if it is 23 or 25 pin on the d-sub side.
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From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Cameron Kaiser
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 12:15 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Hmm...what the heck kind of cable is this????
In a batch of power adapters and cables I found a
stereotypical
Commodore
style beige serial type cable, having the DIN
plug on the end -
but only on
one end. The other end is a 25 pin female d-sub.
I know it's
factory as the
housing for the 25 pin has the C= emblem molded
into it.
The only Commodore factory cables with 25-pin DSUB connectors are
the SX-64
keyboard cables, and the terminal end of the C128D keyboard connector.
However, the SX-64 keyboard cable is 25-pin on both ends, and the 128D
keyboard connector is a part of the keyboard. I've never heard of
any others
that Commodore themselves manufactured.
The thing that this sounds most like is a standard X1541 cable
but Commodore
never made those themselves. If it is, the connection is between a PC LPT
port and the disk drive.
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