There is a nomenclature for those connectors, and it has nothing to do with
the printer vendor who used the 36-contact version of them.
see below, plz
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:39 AM
Subject: RE: Old HP scanner
> Better tell that to 99% of the manufacturers and sellers that use the
> terminology then. C50 or Centronics 50 is used more often than SCSI I to
> refer to these connectors. If I remember long ago PBX and multi-line phones
> had a centronics-like connector as well (or was it more like an IEEE-488)but
> I know it wasn't referred to as Centronics.
>
The one used in the PBX's was the same one used for "SCSI-1" and there was a
week-long thread about all that a month or two ago. The 10, 20, 24, and
60-contact versions don't seem to get the name "Centronics" associated with
them How does it happen that all the catalogs (probably written by the same
mentally challenged folks who call every 'D'-subminiature connector a
DB-something and who insist on marrying their own first-cousins all the time)
>
> By the way there's another connector known as a Centronics B connector, much
> smaller and look s lot like the SCSI II with clips.
>
On which model of Centronics printer did these appear?
>
> => -----Original Message-----
> => From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> => [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Richard Erlacher
> => Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:33 AM
> => To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> => Subject: Re: Old HP scanner
> =>
> =>
> => Didn't we go through this "Centrronics" business once before? Centronics
> => connectors always have 36 contacts. If it has more or fewer
> => than that it's
> => NOT Centronics.
> =>
> => There is NO Centronics SCSI connector.
> =>
> => If there's another connector on the back, it's somewhat likely it's for a
> => sheet feeder.
> =>
> => Dick
> =>
> => ----- Original Message -----
> => From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
> => To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> => Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 8:22 AM
> => Subject: RE: Old HP scanner
> =>
> =>
> => > How many pins does the centronics have? Might be SCSI if it's
> => Centronics 50
> => > rather than 36. The 20 is probably a db25 that is also an
> => alternate SCSI.
> => >
> => > => -----Original Message-----
> => > => From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> => > => [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of John Foust
> => > => Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:54 AM
> => > => To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> => > => Subject: Re: Old HP scanner
> => > =>
> => > =>
> => > => At 11:39 PM 2/11/2002 +1300, Dave Brown wrote:
> => > => > The 9190AU
> => > => >designator is on the nameplate underneath. It has a
> => > => Centronics connector
> => > => >on the back and came with a std IBM printer cable, so I guess
> => > => is a parallel
> => > => >port version. But there is another oddball ( 20? pin) connector
> => > => on the back
> => > => >too. What's it for?
> => > =>
> => > => I thought that generation was SCSI, not parallel port.
> => > => There's a FAQ at http://www.frii.com/~rjn/computer/hp9190a.htm
> => > => but it doesn't mention the 9190AU, just the 9190A.
> => > =>
> => > => - John
> => > =>
> => > =>
> => >
> => >
> =>
> =>
>
>
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