OT: laser printer for sale

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon Jun 7 21:06:45 2004

> But peecee-style parallel ports are not x86-specific; I've got plenty
> of SPARCstations with basically-PC-compatible parallel ports.

I built a little adapter (in one of those boxes designed to take a DB
connector at each end) to turn an HP82165 GPIO connector into a PC-like
printer port. I can then use a normal PC printer cable and printer on my
HP71...

In case anyone's interested, here's the wirelist...

         HP82165 PC Printer Cable
         (DB25-P) (DB25-S)

 DA0 5)----------------------------(2 D0

 DA1 6)----------------------------(3 D1

 DA2 7)----------------------------(4 D2

 DA3 8)----------------------------(5 D3

 DA4 22)----------------------------(6 D4

 DA5 23)----------------------------(7 D5

 DA6 24)----------------------------(8 D6

 DA7 25)----------------------------(9 D7

 DAVO 14)----------------------------(1 Stb/

 RDYI 1)----------------------------(11 Busy

 Gnd 21)--+----------------------+--(17 SlctIn
             | |
 DACI 2)--+ +--(18 Gnd
                                    |
                                    +--(19 Gnd
                                    |
                                    +--(20 Gnd
                                    |
                                    +--(21 Gnd
                                    |
                                    +--(22 Gnd
                                    |
                                    +--(23 Gnd
                                    |
                                    +--(24 Gnd
                                    |
                                    +--(25 Gnd


> Besides, lots of peecees are on-topic by now. (I even, once, saw a
> _really_ nicely built PC-class machine. I think it was one of the

Some of the original IBM machines were fairly solidly made. The 5155
portable will stand up to real use (and some misuse...). Pity the
electronic design was such a joke...

-tony
Received on Mon Jun 07 2004 - 21:06:45 BST