I can already confirm that this works.
This is exactly how I did it back when I actually had time to sell
things through Club100 (prior to having kids that is). I manufactured
and sold probably 2 dozen new printer cables by doing this very same
proceedure. I would purchase 25 foot rolls of x26 flat ribbon cable,
IDC 26 female connectors and Centronics connectors and crimp them
myself. They work great.
Ken
On 2/25/21 12:13 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi,
I think I actually did try that once and it did work but it was ages
ago when I had a printer with a parallel port. Wait, the HP LJ IV
still has one it still works........(30 year-old printer.....) If I
can find one of those parallel port cables floating around I can try
and confirm it.
Jonathan
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 6:48 PM Brian K. White <
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On 2/24/21 9:34 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote:
> The thickened plot: that LPT port connector wiring... is
some kind of
> "standard" such that that the typical parallel port
motherboard IDC
> connector to DB-25F used in building a PC works with the
Model T. As in,
> you an connect that ribbon table to the Model T, and then to
a printer
> cable.
waaaaat? That's pretty neat.
Yep. But for hearing it from others and then having tried it
myself, I'd have figured it was pure Baloney Sandwich.
-- John.
