At 02:23 PM 3/7/02 +0800, you wrote:

< I already sent this direct, and I see someone else has sent a similar
message,
   in the meantime .. but here it is anyway>

>Hi,
>
>I just wanted to ask if it is possible to fit the pins of a 25 pin right
>angle D
>sub connector through the holes of a breadboard.  I just need to connect my
>prototype circuit to my computer's parallel port.

I just took a look at one I forced into a 0.1" pitch Vero type board. No, I
don't
think this will work for you.  For one thing the most of the wires will be
shorted
between rows unless you cut them off because of the way breadboards are
laid out.

Suggestions:

a)      Quick and dirty: solder little bits of wire onto each (resistor ends do
         nicely). This will take just a few minutes and is not difficult.
Make them
         long enough to space over the center.

b)      Nice:  Buy an IDC DB-25, some cable for it, and a DIP-28 IDC header
         (600 mil wide type that is the size of an EPROM). Crimp the two ends
         and done. If you want it to really last, buy a screw-machined socket
         as well and plug the DIP-IDC connector into the screw-machined
         socket and plug the socket pins into the breadboard.

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
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