"centronics" connectors

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10 Nov 2006 at 10:55, Dan Williams wrote:

> I had a look around google earlier about this it seems that it just
> stuck as it was a bigger version of their printer connection (Which
> was made by Wang anyway). It is called a centronics connection in the
> scsi-1 spec as well. But it looks like it was never used on any
> centronics equipment.

We had a couple of the Centronics/CDC 400 line printers.  I never saw 
the "Centronics" connector part though--the connector on the computer 
end of the cable was for a  Dataproducts printer.

It's funny--in the grand scheme of things, the Centronics use of the 
Amphenol Blue Ribbon connector was fairly late in the game.  PBXes 
had used them for multiline connectors and station connections for 
more than a decade before the guys at Wang stuckthe 34-pin versiont 
on their printers.

Amphenol's still around as a brand, I believe and KSU's still use the 
50 pin version (RJ21X).  Centronics is long gone, vanished into the 
bowels of a kitchenware maker.

Cheers,
Chuck