The Centronics connector

[Tony Duell]

> Is there a generic name for that type of connector?  They've always struc=

I believe they['re called 'Micro Ribbon' connectors. The name 'Blue 
Ribbon' is also used, but I think correctly refers to the larger version, 
used for example on Tektronix 500 series 'scope plug-ins.

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> as pretty robust,  and aside from the 36-pin and 50-pin (SCSI) varieties =
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> Osborne Executive uses a 24-pin for the printer/IEEE port,  and I think I=
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> seen them as small as 10 pins or so...

IIRC, the standard sizes are 14, 24, 36, and 50 pins. 24 pin is of course 
used for HPIB?GPIB/IEEE-488, 36 pin is the Cnetornics printer conenctor, 
and 50 pin has been used foe SCSI, etc. HP used a 64 pin version on some 
their stuff (e;g. the expansion unit for the Integral and the CD 
interface for the HP9000/200 machines), but I have never managed to find 
a source of those.

-tony