• primarily for the parallel interface that bears its name, the Centronics connector. Centronics began as a division of Wang Laboratories. Founded and initially...
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    was originally developed in the 1970s by Centronics before its IEEE standardization. In the 1970s, Centronics developed the now-familiar printer parallel...
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    become so closely associated with Centronics that it is now popularly known as the "Centronics connector". The Centronics Model 101 printer, featuring this...
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    sale of Centronics-badged Brother printer mechanisms equipped with a Centronics print head and Centronics electronics. Unlike Digital, Centronics concentrated...
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  • Centronics can mean: Centronics, a printer company that developed the parallel port standard IEEE 1284, the parallel interface standard that superseded...
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    36 pins and bail locks, is also known as a Centronics connector because of its introduction by Centronics for use with the parallel port of printers,...
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  • cables compared to Centronics, but overloaded most usual Centronics adapters. Some devices allowed switching between IFSP and Centronics modes, i.e. Robotron...
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    expansion (32 KB) Connector with support for RS232 and Centronics (only level converter for RS232, Centronics needed) LCD Driver: 2 x HD66100F 2x 3V CR2032 lithium...
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  • connector used by Centronics for the parallel interface on their printers, thus the connector became popularly known as "Centronics SCSI" or "CN-50"....
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    MDR36 male connector with a pinout that differs from that of the 36-pin centronics-style connector in the OpenLDI standard. Sony produced some VAIO displays...
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  • acquired a controlling interest in Centronics in exchange for CPI and $25 million in cash. CPI was merged into Centronics and eventually the Rochester facility...
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    floating point arithmetic. The PPC included standard connectors for RS-232, Centronics and CGA/MDA video, allowing existing peripherals to be used. All the signals...
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  • 1, 1981 Modem IIB (Novation CAT) Modems December 1, 1981 Printer IIA (Centronics 779) Printers December 1, 1981 Monitor III Displays December 1, 1981 Monitor...
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  • allegedly true stories involving the supernatural. The film was produced by Centronics International, an Arkansas-based studio founded by Thomason. The film...
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    and a volume knob. On the rear it has a power switch, power input, two Centronics 50-pin SCSI outputs, and an audio RCA connector. With appropriate software...
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  • Name Products Status References Canon Inkjet, Laserjet, All-in-One Centronics acquired by GENICOM Checkpoint Meto continuous-feed laser became Checkpoint...
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    However, the lack of a Datasette port poses a problem for a number of C64 Centronics parallel printer interfaces, since several popular designs "borrowed"...
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    internal 3.5-inch drive Connections: joystick (2 × Sinclair, 1 × Kempston), Centronics, RS-232, audio in/out (for cassette recorder), system bus extension 74-key...
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    connectors. They are sometimes called "Centronics connectors" after the 36-pin micro ribbon connector Centronics used for their printers. One unusual feature...
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    replaced with USB and ethernet). This means that a standard 36-way centronics male to centronics male cable needs to be used to connect a printer – and these...
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    peripheral buses: ISA, ATA, SCSI, PCI, and the once-ubiquitous IEEE-1284 / Centronics "printer port" Laboratory Instrumentation bus IEEE-488 (see more examples...
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    mice, and light pens, a standard 25-pin RS-232 serial port and a 25-pin Centronics parallel port. As a result, the A1200 is compatible with many existing...
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    & S Leask. Printer Adapters ADS Centronics Interface Machine (1983), by Advanced Digital Systems, RS232 & Centronics PrinterCard (1984) by Essex Micro...
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    serial ports; 25-pin sockets were used for parallel ports (instead of the Centronics port found on the printer itself, which was inconveniently large for direct...
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    mice, and light pens, a standard 25-pin RS-232 serial port and a 25-pin Centronics parallel port. As a result, at launch the A4000 was compatible with many...
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    supports Apple II graphics. Unlike the Apple IIc, it has a numeric keypad, Centronics printer port, and 128 KB of dedicated video RAM. The 15-pin D-sub digital...
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    Brother entered the printer market during its long association with Centronics. In 1968, the company moved its UK headquarters to Audenshaw, Manchester...
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    integrated 5¼ inch floppy disk drives Interfaces: Two RS-232 serial ports, One Centronics printer port Software included: TIKO, a CP/M 2.2-compatible operating...
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    back of a single PCI card slot. Physically, it looks like a miniature Centronics type connector. It uses the regular 68-contact pin assignment. The male...
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    mice, and light pens, a standard 25-pin RS-232 serial port and a 25-pin Centronics parallel port. As a result, at launch the A3000 was compatible with many...
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