Good, inexpensive printer and RS-232 cables available [message #279374] |
Fri, 06 December 1985 20:29 |
tlz
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Article-I.D.: druxu.1715
Posted: Fri Dec 6 20:29:53 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Dec-85 06:51:08 EST
Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver
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Xref: watmath net.micro.atari:1922 net.micro.amiga:1043
Tired of paying ridiculous prices for cables for your PC at local computer
stores? I've found an excellent source I thought I'd pass on to you. Its
Jameco Electronics, 1355 Shoreway Road, Belmont CA 94002 (415) 592-8097.
Their shielded IBM to Centronics 8' printer cable (IBM-8PC) is only $17.95
(compared to $40-50 for the computer stores) and shielded 6' RS232 cables are
$10.75 (male-male, MMS-2206) and $10.95 (male-female, MFS-2206). I've seen
these cables priced between $35-$40 at the computer stores.
The cables seem very well made and should be quite durable. The only catch is
that Jameco has a $20 minimum order requirement.
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Terry Zrust AT&T-ISL Denver, CO (303) 538-4547
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Re: Good, inexpensive printer and RS-232 cables available [message #279402 is a reply to message #279374] |
Tue, 10 December 1985 20:25 |
ravi
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Article-I.D.: eneevax.449
Posted: Tue Dec 10 20:25:58 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Dec-85 06:52:15 EST
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Reply-To: ravi@eneevax.UUCP (Ravi Kulkarni)
Organization: U of Maryland, EE Dept., College Park, MD
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In article <1715@druxu.UUCP> tlz@druxu.UUCP (ZrustTL) writes:
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> Their shielded IBM to Centronics 8' printer cable (IBM-8PC) is only $17.95
> (compared to $40-50 for the computer stores) and shielded 6' RS232 cables are
> $10.75 (male-male, MMS-2206) and $10.95 (male-female, MFS-2206). I've seen
> these cables priced between $35-$40 at the computer stores.
Look in the back of Computer Shopper for really good deals on cables
and power strips. I bought a sheilded ibm printer cable and a surge
protected power strip for $10 and $13 each. Needless to say one
should exercise some caution in going mail order, although for small
items such as these the risk is low. The prices you quote are
usually locally available at discount computer stores. At least
they are in the local Washington D.C. area.
-ravi
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ARPA: ravi@eneevax.umd.edu
UUCP: [seismo,allegra]!umcp-cs!eneevax!ravi
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Re: Good, inexpensive printer and RS-232 cables available [message #279409 is a reply to message #279374] |
Wed, 11 December 1985 14:42 |
kodiak
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Article-I.D.: amiga.383
Posted: Wed Dec 11 14:42:45 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Dec-85 07:48:03 EST
Reply-To: kodiak@peabody.UUCP (Robert [Kodiak] R. Burns)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc., 983 University Ave #D, Los Gatos CA 95030
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regarding:
> Their shielded IBM to Centronics 8' printer cable (IBM-8PC) ...
and
> ...I bought a sheilded ibm printer cable ...
Please don't expect IBM parallel printer cables to work unmodified on an Amiga.
- Kodiak
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