In a message dated 14/09/98 23:38:13, you write: >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.
The wonders of modern education :) But don't forget the p&p or a visit to the local Maplin shop. > >> > 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. Ah! but you are clever :) But true, you can do the job with a vice, I even once used a door to crimp a connector on. But given the price of the connectors it is far safer to use the correct tool. > >> > Makes the 795p we charge look quit good does it not? > >Only if you need a new tool for every three cables. But you forget the labour, the postage, the packing and of course the fact that you can say you have something made by me :) > >> 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... They prolly know as much about it as most americans do. > >imc Bob.
