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From: teece@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (teece)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Printer Cables
Message-ID: <904@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 90 20:45:23 GMT
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Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Canada
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> ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes:
> 
> 
> >Can someone give me the specs on a printer cable for an A1000 to a
> >parallel printer?  
> 
> I have an A1000 and I am using a stock IBM parallel cable with my printer.
> The only thing I did was to chop out the pins on the cable that would 
> connect to the pins on the Amiga's port that have the weird voltages on them
> (just to be safe). The A1000 has 5v and 12v pins on it's paralled port, these
> are the ones I cut from the cable.
> 
> Works fine.
> 
> -- 
> John Sparks  | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY)

In previous postings, Eric Kennedy and John Sparks discuss the modification
of a standard IBM printer cable for use on an Amiga 1000. John suggested
merely cutting away the wires that would carry the supply voltages (5 & 12).
Seems to me, you would have to chop off the connector and replace it with a
female type. The A1000 parallel port uses a male connector and so does a 
standard IBM printer cable. So besides chopping out the wires with undesireable
voltages, you will also need a female end on the cable to mate with the A1000.