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From: mwilson@crash.cts.com (Marc Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: AMPRO Little Board Parallel cable
Message-ID: <1820@crash.cts.com>
Date: 12 Mar 90 15:53:06 GMT
References: <2691@sactoh0.UUCP>
Reply-To: mwilson@crash.cts.com (Marc Wilson)
Organization: San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA.
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In article <2691@sactoh0.UUCP> ianj@sactoh0.UUCP (Ian R. Justman) writes:
>What's the best way of wiring a parallel cable for an Ampro Little
>Board CP/M computer sans SCSI?  Many thanks in advance.  BTW, I
>want to interface it with a centronics printer.

     This one's easy.  Just build a cable with an IDC header on one end to
fit the connector on the LittleBoard.  On the other end, place a female
DB-25.  Install IDC connector on board, and connect IBM parallel cable to
other end.  Voila!  Centronics!
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