Model T Parallel Cable:Other Sources - Revision history

Bkw at 08:11, 26 October 2021

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	Other sources for the parts to build a parallel printer cable for "Model T" computers.		Other sources for the parts to build a parallel printer cable for "Model T" computers.

			Few places have all 3 parts in one shop.

			* The 26P Female IDC connector is common and available from countless places. Yet they are not all the same. Things to look for:
			:* 26 pin, Female, IDC, 2.54mm
			:* polarity bump
			:* strain relief
			:* gold contacts

			* The Centronics connector is less common, and most places that even have a 36P Male Centronics IDC at all, don't have one with a strain relief clip. Things to look for:
			:* Centronics, 36 pin, Male, IDC
			:* bail locks (ears with C-shaped openings that the wire bails on the printer clip into)
			:* strain relief

			* The cable is common 1.27mm flat cable, 25 or more wires.
			:It's simpler to use 26-wire cable but technically the minimum you need is 25. The crimping directions do not change, in that case, you still put the colored wire in the first position at the pin #1 mark on both connectors.
			:You can get cable with more than 26 wires and just peel off the extra wires. It may be more useful to buy a 100ft roll of 40-wire cable and use that for many projects, than to buy exactly 6 feet of exactly 26-wire cable.

	DigiKey		DigiKey
	*[https://www.digikey.com/short/pvbjjfjn pre-loaded cart with all black parts]		*[https://www.digikey.com/short/pvbjjfjn pre-loaded cart with all black parts]
	:Must peel 4 wires off the 30P cable to make a 26P cable.		:Must peel 4 wires off the 30P cable to make a 26P cable.
	:If you peel off the colored wire, you can make a cable that is all black. But if so, be careful to manually keep track that db25 pin 1 connects to centronics pin 1, because you won't have the colored wire to ~~reference~~.		:If you peel off from the colored wire side, you can make a cable that is all black. But if so, be careful to manually keep track that db25 pin 1 connects to centronics pin 1, because you won't have the colored wire to identify pin #1.
	:~~The~~ centronics connector does not include a normal fold-over strain relief, but the crimping part does include a type of strain relief based on plastic pins piercing the insulation between the wires.		:This centronics connector does not include a normal fold-over strain relief, but the crimping part does include a type of strain relief based on plastic pins piercing the insulation between the wires.

	Amazon		Amazon

Bkw at 07:35, 26 October 2021

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	:If you peel off the colored wire, you can make a cable that is all black. But if so, be careful to manually keep track that db25 pin 1 connects to centronics pin 1, because you won't have the colored wire to reference.		:If you peel off the colored wire, you can make a cable that is all black. But if so, be careful to manually keep track that db25 pin 1 connects to centronics pin 1, because you won't have the colored wire to reference.
	:The centronics connector does not include a normal fold-over strain relief, but the crimping part does include a type of strain relief based on plastic pins piercing the insulation between the wires.		:The centronics connector does not include a normal fold-over strain relief, but the crimping part does include a type of strain relief based on plastic pins piercing the insulation between the wires.

	~~futurlec~~
	*[https://www.futurlec.com/ConnIDC.shtml#:~:text=IDCCENTRONICSML IDC Male Centronics Connector] (scroll to bottom)
	*[https://www.futurlec.com/Connectors/IDCC26pr.shtml 26P Female IDC Connector]
	*[https://www.futurlec.com/Cable.shtml#:~:text=GRCABLE26 26P flat cable] (get 2 meters of "26 Core")

	Amazon		Amazon
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JEMY/ 26P Female IDC Connector]		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JEMY/ 26P Female IDC Connector]
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6VLWQ/ 36P Male Centronics IDC Connector]		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6VLWQ/ 36P Male Centronics IDC Connector]
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JJUG/ 26P Flat Cable 5ft]		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JJUG/ 26P Flat Cable 5ft] or [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B2I9JGA/ 10ft]

			Phoenix
			*[https://www.peconnectors.com/female-idc-sockets-.100-2.54mm/hws1927/ 26P (2x13) Female IDC with polarity and strain relief]
			*[https://www.peconnectors.com/edgecards-and-centronics/hws2920/ 36P Male Centronics IDC with bail locks] (warning: no strain relief)

Bkw at 06:06, 26 October 2021

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	DigiKey		DigiKey
	*[https://www.digikey.com/short/pvbjjfjn pre-loaded cart with all black parts]		*[https://www.digikey.com/short/pvbjjfjn pre-loaded cart with all black parts]
	::Must peel 4 wires off the 30P cable to make a 26P cable.		:Must peel 4 wires off the 30P cable to make a 26P cable.
	::If you peel off the colored wire, you can make a cable that is all black. But if so, be careful to manually keep track that db25 pin 1 connects to centronics pin 1, because you won't have the colored wire to reference.		:If you peel off the colored wire, you can make a cable that is all black. But if so, be careful to manually keep track that db25 pin 1 connects to centronics pin 1, because you won't have the colored wire to reference.
	::The centronics connector does not include a normal fold-over strain relief, but the crimping part does include a type of strain relief based on plastic pins piercing the insulation between the wires.		:The centronics connector does not include a normal fold-over strain relief, but the crimping part does include a type of strain relief based on plastic pins piercing the insulation between the wires.

	futurlec		futurlec

Bkw at 06:05, 26 October 2021

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	Amazon		Amazon
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JJUG/ cable]
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JEMY/ 26P Female IDC Connector]		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JEMY/ 26P Female IDC Connector]
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6VLWQ/ 36P Male Centronics IDC Connector]		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6VLWQ/ 36P Male Centronics IDC Connector]
			*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JJUG/ 26P Flat Cable 5ft]

Bkw at 06:04, 26 October 2021

2021-10-26T06:04:45Z

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	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JJUG/ cable]		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JJUG/ cable]
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JEMY/ 26P Female IDC Connector]		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JEMY/ 26P Female IDC Connector]
	*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6VLWQ/ 36P Male Centronics IDC Connector] ~~(one of the only ones to include the strain relief!)~~		*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6VLWQ/ 36P Male Centronics IDC Connector]

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Other sources for the parts to build a parallel printer cable for "Model T" computers.

DigiKey
*[https://www.digikey.com/short/pvbjjfjn pre-loaded cart with all black parts]
::Must peel 4 wires off the 30P cable to make a 26P cable.
::If you peel off the colored wire, you can make a cable that is all black. But if so, be careful to manually keep track that db25 pin 1 connects to centronics pin 1, because you won't have the colored wire to reference.
::The centronics connector does not include a normal fold-over strain relief, but the crimping part does include a type of strain relief based on plastic pins piercing the insulation between the wires.

futurlec
*[https://www.futurlec.com/ConnIDC.shtml#:~:text=IDCCENTRONICSML IDC Male Centronics Connector] (scroll to bottom)
*[https://www.futurlec.com/Connectors/IDCC26pr.shtml 26P Female IDC Connector]
*[https://www.futurlec.com/Cable.shtml#:~:text=GRCABLE26 26P flat cable] (get 2 meters of "26 Core")

Amazon
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JJUG/ cable]
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R2JEMY/ 26P Female IDC Connector]
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6VLWQ/ 36P Male Centronics IDC Connector] (one of the only ones to include the strain relief!)