Centronics Connectors

Centronics Connector Guide

Centronics 36	Centronics 36 Male	Centronics 36 Female
	Used for parallel applications: printer & IEEE-1284 Type B. The Centronics 36 connector has 36-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 18 pins and the lower row has 18 pins.

Micro Centronics 36	Micro Centronics 36 Male
	Used for parallel applications: printer & IEEE-1284 Type C- found on some HP printers. The Micro Centronics 36 connector has 36-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 18 pins and the lower row has 18 pins.

Centronics 50	Centronics 50 Male	Centronics 50 Female
	Used for scsi-1 applications: older scanners, controllers, external scsi device cases. The Centronics 50 connector has 50-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 25 pins and the lower row has 25 pins.

Micro Centronics 50	Micro Centronics 50 Male
	Used for scsi applications: proprietary scsi-2 interface(rare). The Micro Centronics 50 connector has 50-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 25 pins and the lower row has 25 pins.

Micro Centronics 60	Micro Centronics 60 Male
	Used for scsi applications: IBM RS-6000. The Micro Centronics 60 connector has 60-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 30 pins and the lower row has 30 pins.

Micro Centronics 68	Micro Centronics 68 Male
	Used for scsi applications: IBM RS-6000. The Micro Centronics 68 connector has 68-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 34 pins and the lower row has 34 pins.

VHDCI .8mm 68-pin	VHDCI .8mm 68-pin Male
	Used for scsi-3 applications: RAID. The VHDCI .8mm 68-pin connector has 68-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 34 pins and the lower row has 34 pins. Also has been called scsi-5.

Centronics 24	Centronics 24 Male	Centronics 24 Female
	Used for HPIB/GPIB applications: connecting computer and instrument, IEEE-488 standard. The Centronics 24 connector has 24-pins arranged in two rows one on top of the other. The top row has 24 pins and the lower row has 24 pins.