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- From: crs0794@inforamp.net (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Help me identify these Pet (?) cables!
- Date: 17 Mar 1996 21:28:24 GMT
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- In article <4ihatg$c7j@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
- adrake@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Andrew P Drake) wrote:
- >There were two kinds in the box, both with the same end on one end, a
- >male/female mini-centronics like connector. They are pluggable into each
- other.
- >The first set of cables has this connector on both ends.
-
- These are IEEE-488 (the I/O bus used by the PET for disk drives, printers,
- etc... even a modem!) daisy-chain cables. The connector that you describe
- (the 24-pin Centronics 'D' connector) is a standard IEEE-488/General Purpose
- Inferface Bus connector.
-
- >The second kind has the afore mentioned connector on one end, and an edge
- card
- >connector on the other.
-
- These connect PETs (and 'B' machines, most IEEE-488 cards for C64s, C128s,
- etc.) to the IEEE-488 bus.
-
- >What are these to? Are they the infamous IEEE/GPIB drive and peripheral
- cables?
-
- Exactly.
-
- >Great! I may have the 4040 drive, the cables, but no computer!
-
- What, and you didn't notice that the cables looked like the connector on the
- back of the drive? <grin>
-
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