Posted on 09/21/2022 6:42:14 PM PDT by mabarker1
Found this at the thrift store today one end appears to be a 26 pin female from what I can count and is a pushsnap connector and the other end is a parallel 25 pin/DB25 male.
Pics below.
Thanks in advance.
Use Google Lens
Cable end plug Ping for identification.
Worthless as tits on a boar.
I got one of those in a box in my basement! Along with about 20 other cords!
Looks like it may be an old printer cable
I think it’s an old printer cable for the parallel port on old computers.
Cool find. It is an fjb-1000 fits into a biden-assembly used mostly to control animatrons posing as world leaders.
I think you could sell that to China for a good sum
Probably something from a game console or a really old (80s vintage) home computer system.
Here is what I found on EVE-Electronics.com:
The DIN 41612/IEC 60603-2 connector family consists of 13 basic sizes and many complementary versions. It was developed for use in 19” rack systems in accordance with DIN 41494/IEC 60297. The large number of different sizes and the efficient connection techniques have made it possible to install these connectors for in extremely wide range of applications.
Connection between plug-in card and back-panel wiring
Connection between two PCB´s arranged one above the other
Connection to peripheral equipment with connector housings as accessories
As periphery connectors for external interfaces from the wiring side
I've never seen a connector like that, and don't see any matches to it after a quick check of Hirose connector pictures.
Do you know that it connects to a computer?
The nascent computer industry of the 1980s and 1990s featured an enormous amount of now obsolete cables.
Looks like an old printer cable with parallel port connector..
It looks like an old-fashioned computer monitor cable to me. I had one like it with my old XP computer (which has since gone to the great beyond).
By the way, I don’t know if you are allowed to call ends of a cable “male” and “female” any more. After all, a male end might self-identify as a female end, and you have to respect that (just kidding).
Was thinking same thing.
I donated that to the thrift store
because I found it in my basement
and I did not know what it went to.
I hope you did not pay too much for it!
Are there any markings on it? Looks like some cables I’ve seen in a industrial setting.
Are both ends the same?
yup...think so too
If long enough, I’d cut off the ends and use the internal wires for another purpose. Copper ain’t cheap no more.
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