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Does History matter? I worked for Centronics from 1980-83 and there is no mention of the 700 series or the 6000 series band printer or the 350 series dot matrix. My understanding of the history ( a bit colorful) was that the centronics name came from the fact they printed the number of cents put into slot machines in Las Vegas and that Max Hugel worked for the CIA as a 'plant' to ensure that Japanese corporations stayed away from armaments after WW2. I visited a computer show in 1980 and *ALL* the dot matrix printers, other than DEC, were Centronics.
Gadget850 20:41, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Don't look now, but that picture is a 50-pin SCSI connector and not a 36-pin Centronics connector. Close, but not quite. :-)
Atlant 23:55, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
Correct. Technically, there is no CENTRONICS connector- the spec originally called for the Amphenol PA-36 connector. The PA-36 is used in other appliacations, such as telco blocks. The PA-50 is the connector used in the original SCSI specification, and is often (but incorrectly) referred to as a CENTRONICS 50 pin.
This subject really needs to be split- one for the company and one for the interface. Also need to add that they were bought out by GENICOM in 1986.
I'm inclined to update the Centronics page strictly for the company history and move the interface information to parallel interface. That way information could be included on CENTRONICS, DataProducts and IEEE-1284 in a more logical format.
Gadget8500 19:07, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Done. Need to add the Canon relationship and flesh out the 80's a bit. Gadget850 19:56, 6 August 2005 (UTC) Finshed that. Need to have this reviewed by some old Centronics guys. Hmmmm IEEE-1284 circles back to Centronics, but IEEE 1284 goes to IEEE 1284. Gadget850 22:23, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Connector drawing is now under micro ribbon Gadget850 21:14, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I don't know if I've done this correctly or not. I saw the word CHARACTER misspelled in the Interface section. It was missing the second C.
I clicked the 'edit this page' tab and edited it. Then I saved it. I don't know if I should do anything else.
thanks, Jim Jelke james.jelke@abbott.com
You got it! I don't know how that survived several spell checks. If you create a profile, you can sign your entries and have discussions. --
Gadget850
20:42, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
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Does History matter? I worked for Centronics from 1980-83 and there is no mention of the 700 series or the 6000 series band printer or the 350 series dot matrix. My understanding of the history ( a bit colorful) was that the centronics name came from the fact they printed the number of cents put into slot machines in Las Vegas and that Max Hugel worked for the CIA as a 'plant' to ensure that Japanese corporations stayed away from armaments after WW2. I visited a computer show in 1980 and *ALL* the dot matrix printers, other than DEC, were Centronics.
Gadget850 20:41, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Don't look now, but that picture is a 50-pin SCSI connector and not a 36-pin Centronics connector. Close, but not quite. :-)
Atlant 23:55, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
Correct. Technically, there is no CENTRONICS connector- the spec originally called for the Amphenol PA-36 connector. The PA-36 is used in other appliacations, such as telco blocks. The PA-50 is the connector used in the original SCSI specification, and is often (but incorrectly) referred to as a CENTRONICS 50 pin.
This subject really needs to be split- one for the company and one for the interface. Also need to add that they were bought out by GENICOM in 1986.
I'm inclined to update the Centronics page strictly for the company history and move the interface information to parallel interface. That way information could be included on CENTRONICS, DataProducts and IEEE-1284 in a more logical format.
Gadget8500 19:07, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Done. Need to add the Canon relationship and flesh out the 80's a bit. Gadget850 19:56, 6 August 2005 (UTC) Finshed that. Need to have this reviewed by some old Centronics guys. Hmmmm IEEE-1284 circles back to Centronics, but IEEE 1284 goes to IEEE 1284. Gadget850 22:23, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Connector drawing is now under micro ribbon Gadget850 21:14, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I don't know if I've done this correctly or not. I saw the word CHARACTER misspelled in the Interface section. It was missing the second C.
I clicked the 'edit this page' tab and edited it. Then I saved it. I don't know if I should do anything else.
thanks, Jim Jelke james.jelke@abbott.com
You got it! I don't know how that survived several spell checks. If you create a profile, you can sign your entries and have discussions. --
Gadget850
20:42, 2 December 2005 (UTC)