[SunRescue] Sun SBUS BiPro printer interface - whither cables?

Paul Khoury pkhoury3 at earthlink.net
Thu Mar 23 22:28:27 CST 2000


On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:23:28 -0800, Wallace E. Owen wrote:

>Gents,
>
>I bought one of those SBUS printer interface cards from a fellow on eBay,
>and discovered, when it arrived, that it uses a very small connector.
>There are actually two connectors.  I have no idea what the smaller one
>is for but I'm hoping that the other can, with the right cable, let me
>connect my old laserjet.  Does anyone know whether it's possible to do
>this, and if so, where cables can be got?
>
They are Sun parallel port cables, whose connector is very similiar to that
of a Sun AUI connector (the thin ones on SS5s and up).

If I come across any more at the swap meet, I'll let you know.
For everyone else, if I'm lucky, I'll get some 13W3 cables even cheaper too...









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