On 2026-08-09 08:28, Andy Burns wrote:
Lars Poulsen wrote:
Stefan Ram wrote:
ÿÿ The pinnacle of computer interfaces is the IEEE-488,
ÿÿ and the Pet 2001 supported it.
Yes, I remember the PET at school having them for the printer (we didn't have disc drives but they use them too).
[snip]
Is it a coincidence that the connectors look a lot like a scaled-down
IBM channel connector?
Surely you remember 36 pin PC parallel printer cables?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_ribbon_connector>
Popularly called a "Centronics" connector - or for the category as a
whole with multiple choices of pin counts, the Amphenol connector.
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Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California
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