[comp.sys.ncr] printer pinouts

wescott@Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott) (02/12/90)

In article <80@texbell.swbt.com>  writes:
> We've just installed a 650 with 1 HPSIO card. In trying to attach
> a printer to the system, it appears the parallel port does not
> use the "standard" PC DB-25 pin outs to Centronics. Does anyone have
> the pinouts or should I have bought the cable from NCR in the first
> place?

I don't intend to discourage you from buying the cable from NCR but
the pinout can be found in the Tower Hardware Service Manual.

    Tower	       Printer
   Pin Num - Signal    Pin Num
	 1 - DSTRB/	  1
	 2 - DSTRB RTN	 19
	 3 - DATA1	  2
	 4 - DATA1 RTN	 20
	 5 - DATA2	  3
	 6 - DATA2 RTN	 21
	 7 - DATA3	  4
	 8 - DATA3 RTN	 22
	 9 - DATA4	  5
	10 - DATA4 RTN	 23
	11 - DATA5	  6
	12 - DATA5 RTN	 24
	13 - DATA6	  7
	14 - DATA6 RTN	 25
	15 - DATA7	  8
	16 - DATA7 RTN	 26
	17 - DATA8	  9
	18 - DATA8 RTN	 27
	19 - ACK/	 10
	20 - ACK RTN	 28
	21 - BUSY	 11
	22 - BUSY RTN	 29
	23 - PERR	 12
	24 - GND	 14
	25 - PRT SLCTD	 13
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	-Mike Wescott
	 mike.wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM