On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 22:47:38 -0700, David said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >The Sam printer cable is the same as the BBC one - it might be easier to > > >find one of those. > > <panto mode> > > Oh no it isn't. > > </panto mode> > > AFAIKFO no one makes them anymore (well, except me).
It can't be more than five years since I last bought a BBC printer cable. :-) > > You need 2m 26way IDC ribon cable, Maplin part number XR75S @ 42p per > > metre, > > 1 26way IDC socket, Maplin part number FG85G @ 149P each, and 1 Centronics > > connector, Maplin part number FJ62S @265p each. Which I reckon up to 498p. > > You will also need either a crimping tool, part number GW34M @ 1049p or a > > vice > > and very great care. I've wired up many an IDC connector in the past without a tool with only a few foul-ups. :-) Difficult but by no means impossible. > > Makes the 795p we charge look quit good does it not? Only if you need a new tool for every three cables. > BOB! You're alive! Didn't you see him on "The Royle Family" today? Incidentally, for obscure reasons I saw a bit of Newsnight with the sound turned off tonight and was rather confused to see Jack Charlton and Clive Sinclair apparently talking about American politics... imc
