DD50 SCSI connector

> Don't forget the classic "Oh no, you can't do that on platform XXX!" or

Thanks for reminding me -- NOT! :-) Many years ago (this actually comes in the 'classic' timeframe), I obtained a Sanders 12/7 printer. For those who don't know this piece of engineering, it's a 7 pin dot matrix printer with enough mechanical precision that it's worth doing 8 passes of the printhead for some fonts. It was a text-only device (no downloadable fonts, no bitmap ability), but it was a darn good text printer -- as well as having some letter quality fonts, it would justify a paragraph of text internally, and print it with both margins straight, and so on (of course the fonts were all proportionally spaced...) This machine came in several versions, but the one I have has an RS232 interface on it. I wanted to drive it from my main computer at the time, which was a TRS-80 Model 1. Fortunaately, unlike Sellam, I do have an RS232 interface. So all I needed was a null-modem cable. I foolishly went into a computer shop to attempt to buy such a cable. I took a long the manuals for the printer and the Model 1, just so I could be sure what I wanted... The shop told me that I couldn't use that printer with that computer, and then attempted to sell me a printer. Needless to say I didn't buy said printer, I went to the electronics shop in the same city and bought a couple of DB25 plugs and a length of cable. Didn't take long to solder up the right cable -- and yes, the Model 1 can print on a Sanders 12/7. I used it for word processing until I managed to get the later version, a Sanders 700. That has the same printhead, and same nice features, but it's based on a Diablo 630 chassis and is somewhat easier to feed paper in. That, in turn, was only retired when I got a laserprinter... > > I usually just try to keep a low profile and give out as little

Ditto. Which is why I try to buy things by part number only. Pity some shops make it difficult for me to do that.... -tony