Hmm...what the heck kind of cable is this????

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Tue Apr 24 13:31:48 2001

Just recounted and it IS a 23 pin d-sub so the winner is Steve for his
description that it is a video cable. Thanks everyone that contributed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of John Foust
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1:00 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: Hmm...what the heck kind of cable is this????
>
>
> At 12:41 PM 4/24/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >Couldn't be for the LPT port on a PC as it's female and the LPT is also
> >female. Steve's suggestion of it being a video cable is probably
> correct -
> >I'll have to see if it is 23 or 25 pin on the d-sub side.
>
> It could be for an Amiga parallel port, to connect to a 1541 disk drive.
> The Amiga's parallel port was bidirectional (allowing things
> like the DigiView to feed data into the computer) and several
> companies made software and hardware to handle 1541s on the
> Amiga. I don't think CBM itself ever did it, though...
>
> - John
>
>
Received on Tue Apr 24 2001 - 13:31:48 BST