[Coco] [Color Computer] Coco serial cable

[Paul Fitch]

I had one when I was in the Army in germany.  They shipped it to me in a
large fruit type box with holes cut in it, and it had a large banana on the
side and said in giant print "Gorilla Banana."  The mailroom guy was half
convinced I'd ordered a 10lb piece of fruit<g>.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Campbell
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:46 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Coco serial cable
> 
> I had a gorilla banana. That's the printer I used to print 
> out the source code to DCom. It worked very well for a 
> dot-matrix printer. I bookmarked the page so I can show it to 
> people who disbelieve. LOL
> 
> Wayne
> 
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> ________________________________
> From: Boisy G. Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:31:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Coco serial cable
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> Boy did this message bring back an old memory!  I remember 
> those DAK catalogs and especially the Gorilla Banana printer 
> that a friend of mine bought.  I found a link to the ad for 
> the printer here:
> 
> http://mrweese.blogspot.com/2007/06/gorilla-banana.html
> 
> Good stuff, good memories, good times!
> 
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:16 AM, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
> 
> > I do not remember the pin out, but I once had a Gorilla 
> Banana printer 
> > from DAK Industries that had a serial DB-25 connector.  I 
> made my own 
> > cable rather than buying his overpriced one.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bruce W.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Wolfe"
> >
> >
> > serial printer?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:20 AM, <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:
> >> Digging thru boxes of old stuff I came across an odd CoCo serial
> >> cable. I'm wondering if anybody knows what it was for. Here's the
> >> pinout:
> >>
> >> DIN DB-25
> >
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