On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote:
[Dataproducts interface] > Yes--and IIRC, it used a 50-conductor connection as well. We had some Which was the one that used that rectangular connector often mis-called the V.35 connector? I have a thing called a Ferret here. It's a combined breakout box, RS232 to current loop to parallel interface, strip printer, EPROM programmer, Z80 computer, etc. The parellel interface can be set up to be either Centronics or Dataproducts. > big CDC OEM line printers in the mid 1980s that could be configured for > either interface. Before that, in about 1975 we had a Diablo dot-matrix > printer (a strange, very loud beast) that used the DP interface. (ISTR > that it also used three Rockwell PPS-8s). Memory grows dim with each > passing year. Some of the old Daisywheel printers, both Diablo and Qume had an interface with over 20 data lines. You specified print wheel position, amount to advance the carriage, etc on separate lines. -tony
