Strange Atari Cable

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sun Dec 16 07:37:52 2001

Yes it's gray and the package says the following: "Connects the Atari
8-bit computer to Industry Standard Centronic's Parallel Printers. ICD's
State-of-The-Art Interface Electronics Built into Cable End (including a
custom, single chip microcomputer). Requires No separate power source."
Not a bad deal for $2.95, will have test it later.
----- Original Message -----
From: <UberTechnoid_at_home.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: My Last Day Of Finds in MN


> I suspect that what you have in your bag is an ICD P:R:Connection
which is
> a two port serial, one port paralell interface. Is it square and grey
in
> color with an ICD P:R:Connection moniker printed thereon? Might by
itself
> be worth $50.00 to an Atari Enthusiast.
>
> Else it might just be a cable. If so, that same cable works with the
> Atari 850 interface for the same purpose.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> In <001e01c185d7$f6a5ac00$e9711fd1_at_default>, on 12/15/01
> at 08:18 PM, "John R. Keys Jr." <jrkeys_at_concentric.net> said:
>
> >I spent most of today checking out most of my favorite places and
found
> >few goodies to take back to Texas. A lot of it is too new to list
here
> >but at the low prices I could not pass the items up. I picked a April
> >1985 issue of COMPUTE! with pictures and a article on a Commodore
LCD
> >called a second-generation lap portable with 80 x 16 flip-up display,
32K
> >RAM, internal modem, and eight built-in programs for under $600. Has
> >anyone every seen one in real life or better yet does anyone own one?
It
> >looks pretty cool in the photo shown in the mag. Some of the other
items
> >are listed below.
>
> >1. ICD printer connector cable for Atari 850 new in unopened package
2.
> >Tandy cat#26-1398 6' RS232C cable new unopened package
> >3. Commodore Model 1351 mouse
> >4. Several Sega Master System cartridges
> >5. Compute! March 1985 issue some good stuff in it also.
> >6. Several mousepads for the collection
> >7. A RAD robot
> >8. A nice book called Understanding Computers by Grace Murray Hopper
9.
> >Some Apple and Toshiba technical manuals
> >10. Tele-games Video Arcade (Sears) with 2- controllers and 2-
paddles,
> >also came with 3 cartridges
> >11. A NeXT keyboard (pn 2122) and mouse (pn 193), the mouse was a
style I
> >had not seen before.
> >Well that's all I can list as the others are not classic yet. Keep
> >Computing
>
>
> --
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> Jeffrey S. Worley
> Asheville, NC USA
> 828-6984887
> UberTechnoid_at_Home.com
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>
>
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