Centronics Data Computer Corporation was an American manufacturer of computer printers, now remembered primarily for the parallel interface that bears...

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manufacturer's computers. In 1982, CDC acquired a controlling interest in Centronics in exchange for CPI and $25 million in cash. CPI was merged into Centronics and...

inch computer forms Centronics and Digital Equipment corporation launch the dotmatrix printers, Centronics 101 and LA30 respectively. Centronics claimed...

to two serial ports. IBM provided two different options for connecting Centronics-compatible parallel printers. One was the IBM Printer Adapter, and the...

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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...

connector used by Centronics for the parallel interface on their printers, thus the connector became popularly known as "Centronics SCSI" or "CN-50"....

connectors. They are sometimes called "Centronics connectors" after the 36-pin micro ribbon connector Centronics used for their printers. One unusual feature...

Dragon Data collapsed in 1984 and was acquired by Spanish company Eurohard S.A. However, Eurohard filed for bankruptcy in 1987. The Dragon computers were...

button, two RS-232 serial ports labeled "Serial A" and "Serial B", a Centronics parallel port labeled "Parallel A", a SASI port labeled "Parallel B",...

for Kyocera, the rights to the machine were purchased by Tandy Corporation. The computer was sold through Radio Shack stores in the United States and Canada...

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ordered with either a Centronics or an RS-232 interface. Later, the API (All Purpose Interface) was introduced and RS-232, Centronics, and GPIB (IEEE 488)...

had a 32-bit width. Legacy computer peripheral buses: ISA, ATA, SCSI, PCI, and the once-ubiquitous IEEE-1284 / Centronics "printer port" Laboratory Instrumentation...

Tangerine Computer Systems, and Dragon Data. The introduction of a specific microcomputer to a more general computer literacy initiative was a topic of controversy...

Pertec Computer Corporation (PCC), formerly Peripheral Equipment Corporation (PEC), was a computer company based in Chatsworth, California which originally...

These PCW printers could not be used on other computers, and the original PCW lacked a then-standard Centronics printer port. Instead, the Z80 bus and video...

8-inch floppy disk drives. Two (optional) RS-232 serial ports. A parallel Centronics-compatible printer port. An optional real-time clock. Board dimensions...

- commercial Now available in USA Copal acquired by Nidec to form Nidec Copal Control Data Corporation printer business merged into Centronics Coldesi...

months after the seminal Centronics 101 that May at the Spring Joint Computer Conference. At the time, most small computer systems were accessed using...

Sinclair Research's ZX Spectrum home computer. This list includes both official clones (from Timex Corporation) and many unofficial clones, most of which...

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Compucolor Corporation of Norcross, Georgia. It was the first color home computer system with built-in color graphics and floppy-based data storage. It...

required for most uses. The OS is loaded from CD-ROM by default. A SCSI Centronics 50/SCSI-1/Full-Pitch port is provided for connecting external SCSI disk...

laser, and color plotters. All have a Centronics-standard interface and after the introduction of the Color Computer in 1980, many also had a connector for...

Proprietary parallel printer port (required adapter cable to connect to a Centronics-port printer) Optional 8087 math coprocessor board plugged directly into...