Strange and Possibly Wonderful Cable

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sat Jan 5 10:20:20 2002

> > Model 2 and 100 used a dual row header, and of course, the PC clones used
> > an "RS-232 connector" :-)
> Right, the model 2 typically used a ribbon cable with IDC connectors. I
> have one of these with its DWP printer out in storage :)

Not to be picky (well, OK, I do tend to be :-), "IDC" stands/stood for
"Insulation Displacement Conector", which meant virtually ANY crimp-on
connector, INCLUDING the card edge connector on drive cables for 5.25, and
the computer end of model 1,3,4 printer cables when they used ribbon
cable. Since the "centronics" connector (Amphenol Blue Ribbon 36
pin) wasn't very available in IDC, those cables were kinda hoky, with
either a non ribbon "centronics" soldered to ribbon cable, or a card edge
crimped onto spread out non-ribbon cable.

The one model 2 cable that I remember using (20 yrs ago) did NOT have IDC
connector. It was a round cable (I don't know whether it was shielded),
with a 20 pin dual row header sloppily put onto the end.
Received on Sat Jan 05 2002 - 10:20:20 GMT