On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 "Michael D. Sheridan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>... when I tried to put the pass through for the scanner on the printer
>port it won't go on because... there is not sufficient clearance as the
>pass through is thicker than the standard printer cable end.
>
>I've tried a six foot cable like an extension cord...

It is likely that your extension cord is either a 9-way serial cable
or a non-bidirectional printer cable, in which case what you need
is either a correctly wired printer extension cable or a fully-populated
25 way pin-for-pin serial cable.

Or you could buy a pair of DB25 IDC connectors and a short piece of flat cable
and put together your own adaptor using a bench vice (vise?).
I find this approach better than a rigid adaptor because it puts
less leverage on the backpanel connectors.



Len Warner <[log in to unmask]> http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~len/ ICQ:10120933

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