[Discuss] OT: what is this cable for?

[Jerry Natowitz]

Technically that connector is a DA15, not a DB15.  I am most familiar with their use in ethernet AUI (Attachment Unit Interface).  They usually had a sliding latch for connecting rather than screws.  They thankfully died out in the 90s when fast ethernet standardized on RJ45.

The 50 pin centronics is an RJ21 Telco connector, or it could be a SCSI-1 connector.

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>Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:27:38 -0700 (PDT)
>From: discuss-bounces+j.natowitz=rcn.com at blu.org (on behalf of Dan Kressin <dkressin at yahoo.com>)
>Subject: [Discuss] OT: what is this cable for?  
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>Anybody recognize this cable configuration?  Male DB15 (two rows - 8/7) to 50pin Centronics.  Ribbon cable w/ two (the name escapes me ..) "ring things" to usually used to fight inductance..  The only DB15 connectors I'm familiar with are for old Mac monitors, PC joysticks, and.. well I guess that's it.  Serial would have been 9 or 25..
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>Found in a box along with my old Panasonic KX-P1091i dot matrix noise maker and the 50pin Centronics to 25 pin parallel cable to hook it up.
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>Oh, and if anyone wants the printer, it probably still works if you can find a cartrige!  (I'd be willing to haul it to the next BLU meeting, or available for pick-up in Chelmsford.)  I even have a small quantity of colored form-feed paper.
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>-Dan, who's cleaning his attic and building a nice pile for Best Buy to recycle..
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