Quaderno printer/FDD connector pin-out
Jim Blackson/Pegasus
printer/FDD port of the Quaderno and Quaderno/33. Enjoy.
Jim Blackson Pegasus, Inc.
blac...@flash.atc.olivetti.com
Quaderno and Quaderno/33 parallel/FDD port pin assignment
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In other words, if you damage your Quaderno or Quaderno/33, that's your
tough luck! You've been warned.
Pin Assignment
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Both the Quaderno and Quaderno/33 use the JAE Tx20A-36R-D25F-A1LP
36-pin "mini" female connector as a combined printer/FDD port.
(The male half-pitch connector is part number Tx20A-36PH1-D2P1-D1.)
When looking into the connector, the pins are numbered as follows.
Odd pins on top, even pins on the bottom, ordered right-to-left.
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\ 35 ..... 3 1 /
\ 36 ..... 4 2 /
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The pin assignments of Quaderno and Quaderno/33 are almost same. The
different pins are 20, 34, and 35. These pins are GND on the Quaderno.
They are used for FDD power on the Quaderno/33.
Half of the pins, 1 - 18, are used for the printer. The rest, 19-36,
are used for the FDD. If you want to make your own printer cable,
the column on the right shows the pin numbers for a 25-pin D-SUB
female connector (Note: pins 20 and 23 are no connection).
Half-pitch JAE connector D-SUB Printer connector
------------------------ -----------------------
1 STB 1
2 P_D0 (Printer Data) 2
3 P_D1 3
4 P_D2 4
5 P_D3 5
6 P_D4 6
7 P_D5 7
8 P_D6 8
9 P_D7 9
10 SP_ACK 10
11 SP_BUSY 11
12 PE 12
13 SLCT 13
14 AFD 14
15 ERR 15
16 INIT 16
17 SLIN 17
18 GND 18
19 GND 19
20 (no connection!)
20 VFDD (FDD power: Quaderno/33 only) 21
21 FDIDX
22 FDTK0
23 FDWP
24 FDRDD
25 FDCHG
26 FDDS1
27 FDMO1
28 FDWD
29 FDWE
30 reserved (make no connection)
31 FDHS
32 FDDIRC
33 FDSTEP
34 VFDD (FDD power: Quaderno/33 only) 22
23 (no connection!)
35 FDDINS (FDD power: Quaderno/33) 24
36 GND 25
Quaderno/33 FDD power
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The specification for three pins were changed, to supply power to
the Quaderno/33 external floppy Disk Drive (FDD).
Pin 35, FDDINS-, is used to detect the type of FDD attached, and thus
controls whether the Quaderno/33's FDD power circuit is enabled.
If FDDINS- is low (connected to ground), the original Quaderno external
FDD is connected, so the VFDD power circuit will _not_ be enabled.
This detection circuit is necessary because the original Quaderno FDD
connects pins 20 and 34 (and 35) to ground, shorting the VFDD lines!
However, the Quaderno/33 external FDD sets FDDINS- to no connect.
This appears as HI, enabling the VFDD power circuit. When the software
turns on the FDD power, power will flow through VFDD to the FDD.
VFDD is tied to the output from the AC adapter or the battery pack.
When using the AC adapter, VFDD typically is 12V DC, supporting a
current of about 0.7 Amperes, with a peak current of 1.0 Ampere.
When running from a fully-charged battery pack, VFDD is typically
7.2V DC, supporting a current of 0.7 Amperes, with a peak current
also of 1.0 Amperes.
** WARNING ***** WARNING ***** Quaderno/33 ***** WARNING ***** WARNING **
* *
* If you draw too much current, or short pins 20 and 34 to ground *
* without grounding pin 35 (effectively shorting VFDD to ground), *
* you might _damage_ your Quaderno/33, and also... *
* *
* 1) blow a fuse on the motherboard; *
* 2) cause a reset (the Quaderno was starved of power); *
* 3) cause a shut down (the Quaderno was starved of power); *
* *
*********** WARNING ***** WARNING ***** WARNING ***** WARNING ***********
That's all folks!
Jim Blackson/Pegasus
connectors for the serial and prt/fdd ports. Unfortunately,
these connectors are proving to be rather hard to get. :-{
So I bothered some friends, and came up with the following.
The male connectors which mate to the Quaderno are:
TX20A-10PHI-D2P1-D1 10-pin male connector kit (serial)
TX20A-36PHI-D2P1-D1 36-pin male connector kit (prt/fdd)
^
(Note new part numbers: I made a mistake in my previous posting.)
JAE said they can supply only large lot orders from their main
office in Japan. However, they suggested to contact their branch
offices or regional agents and negotiate. Perhaps some agents may,
and some may not, sell you the parts you want. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
Here is the list of JAE branches and agents. (I hope I got eveyone's
name spelled mostly correct. Please forgive the lack of umlauts.)
JAE ELECTRONICS, INC.
U.S.A. ADDRESSES
Main Office: Irvine, California
Address : 142 Technology Drive, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92718-2401
U.S.A.
Telephone: (714) 753-2600 (or) (800) 523-7278
Fax : (714) 753-2699
Contact : Ken Tsukinari, Vice President of Operations
David J. Fox, General Manager, Imports
Western Regional Office: Sunnyvale, California
Address : 599 N. Mathilda Ave., Suite 8
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
U.S.A.
Telephone: (408) 733-0493
Fax : (408) 733-1502
Contact : Robert R. Gerleman, Jr., Manager of National Sales
Central Regional Office: Plano, Texas
Address : 4125 Carrizo Drive
Plano, TX 75074
U.S.A.
Telephone: (214) 881-1183
Fax : (214) 881-1368
Contact : W. Gary Solomon, Manager of National Sales
Northeast Regional Office: Cranston, Rhode Island
Address : 188 Kimberly Lane
Cranston, RI 02921
U.S.A.
Telephone: (401) 946-0210
Fax : (401) 943-7587
Contact : Joseph D. Travis, Manager of National Sales
Southeast Regional Office: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Address : 2734 East Oakland Park Blvd., Suite 101
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33306
U.S.A.
Telephone: (305) 563-3484 (or) (800) 248-0737
Fax : (305) 563-3507
Contact : David H. Shaff, Director of National Sales
JAE EUROPEAN AGENTS
Tekelec Airtronic GmbH: Germany
Address : Kapuzinerstrasse 9
8000 Munchen 2, Germany
Telephone: 089-5164-0
Fax : 089-5164110
Contact : J. Drobny, Sales Manager
Vitronic Holding B.V.: Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg
Address : Mechelanrstraat 17
4903 RE
Oosterbout (n.br.), Holland
Telephone: 01620-51440
Fax : 01620-60613
Contact : B. Bisser, Director
Esco Italiano S.p.A.: Italy
Address : Viale F. Ili Casiraghi
355 20099 Sesto S. Giovanni
Milano, Italy
Telephone: 02-2409241
Fax : 02-9409255
Contact : A. Busani, President
AB Gosta Backstrom: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Address : P.O. Box 12009
S-102 21
Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone: 86-541080
Fax : 86-531251
Contact : A. Bjorkman, Product Marketing Manager
Gestion Electronica, s.a.: Spain
Address : Benito de Castro, 10
28028
Madrid, Spain
Telephone: (1) 2557304
Fax : (1) 3554324
Contact : C. Perez Ibanez, Managing Director
Good luck. This is the best I can personally do.
Jim Blackson
Pegasus, Inc.
peg...@guest.atc.olivetti.com