Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:29:14 -0800> From: tsw-cc
at johana.com> To: cctech at classiccmp.org> CC: > Subject: RE: On collecting
printers...> > On a previous message, dwight elvey <dkelvey at hotmail.com>
said:> > > Hi> > Does anyone know which Centronix ( sp?) printer the 36 pin
connector> > for parallel printers became standard?> > Dwight> > It
seems that they started using it in the mid 70's. The connector was an> Amphenol 36
pin "micro-ribbon" type, one of the various sizes available. As a> point of
reference IEEE-488 (HPIB) standardized on a 24 pin version of the> connector, and the
phone company (It was called the Bell System in those days)> used a 50 pin version for
their cabling of telephones (25 pair cables as well).> The connectors were pretty
common, and worked VERY well, as the wiping> contacts were ultra reliable. In the lab
where I was working at the time had> standardized on the 50 pin version for connecting
things together (this was in> the mid 60's). So, the connector has been around for
quite a while.>
Hi
The oldest I have is an Epson belt printer. It is older
than my Cnetronix 306 ( or is that 603, I forget ).
Dwight
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