Same here! Had a 101 in the basement connected to my PET upstairs because of space and noise, with a 35-40 foot long ribbon cable far exceeding the recommended maximum cable length; never a problem.
m On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >>> Another pet gripe of mine is calling the old 50-way SCSI/etc. connector > >>> a "Centronics" connector,regardless of application or number of > >>> connections. > >>> I prefer to refer to them as "blue ribbon" connectors, developed by > >>> Amphenol in 1950 and used extensively in commercial telephone systems > >>> long before Centronics or SCSI. > >> I've always called them Amphenol connectors, although strictly speaking > >> Amphenol made more than one design. > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2025, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: > > Actually, in 1971 they were originally marked A-MP, which stood for > > Aero-MarineProducts. > > > > And as far as the statement that Epson standarised the Centronics > connector > > goes, I say 'hogwash' - it was being used by Centronics many years > before > > Epson came on to the market. I was servicing teh Centronics 101, 103 > and > > 306 back in 1975, including making cables to hook them up to PDP11s. I > > Centronics had already STANDARDIZED the connector, but Epson made it known > to the general public. > > I loved the 101. > When I retired mine, I tried unsuccessfully to get $25 each at swaps. So, > I donated them to a community colege that was desperate for sturdier more > rugged printers for their lab, and took $1000 each tax deduction.
