PRINTER SHARING UNIT

COMPONENTS LIST

Resislors: 1 lN4148 05
5 330n Rl;R9;RI4; 1 7805 ICI
R19;R24 1 74HCT132 IC2
9 4kfl7 R7;R8;RI2; 1 74HCT139 IC3
RI3;RI7;RI8; 1 74HCT123 IC4 STROBE GND
R22;R23
,,
GND
1 74HCT73 IC5 DATAO
OATA 1 GND
0"TA2
1 10kfl R2 8 74HCT541 IC6-ICI3 GND

1 22kfl R3
OATA3
OATA4 ,,e GND
GND

1 lMQ R4 Miscellaneous:
oAT" 5
0"TA6 ,, GND
GND
,

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OAT" 7
, ,,
GND
8 4kfl7 8-way SIL R5;R6;Rl0; 1 SPST switch for PCB """
BUS'\"
,
GND

Rl1;RI5;RI6; mounting (raster: 7.5 mm) " , p PR ME RETURN (GND)

,,, """'"
SI ~ ESET (INPUT PRIME)
AUTO FEED
R20;R21 5 36-way PCB-mount N.C. ,
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LOGICGND

500kQ preset H PI Centronics socket,

lOGICGND
CHASSIS
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N.C •
+5V
+5V e mm"lII
straight pins Kl ;K3;K5;K7;
Capacitors: K9
1 IOOIlF 16V radial CI 5 26-way box header,
1 470nF C2 straight pins K2;K4;K6;K8;
1 330nF C3 KlO
11 100nF C4-C14 5 26-way 10C flatcable 920011_13

socket
Semiconduclors: 17cm 26-way flatcable
8 LEO 01-04;06-09 1 Printed eircuit board 920011
Fig. 4. Centronics connector pinning.

you fit them too far apart, the cable will
bulge. That is not a problem in itself, how-
ever it does not look very good.
When the completed PCB is to be fitted
behind a front Of rear panel, this will have
to be done from the Inside. Note that the
Centronics sockets used here are not really
suitable for panel mounting, but it can be
done. First, drill the holes for the fixing
screws. Next, eut and file a rectangular
clearance that is long and wide enough to
pass the eonneetor and the clamp springs
(approx. 58x15 mm). The loeations of the
holes are easily pencilled out on the panel
by making use of the (empty) printed cir-
cuit board, or a photocopy of the compo-
nent layout.
The circuit has only one adjustment:
preset Pt. This has to be adjusted such that
the printer sbaring unit is capable of
'brtdging' the longest time your software
needs for calculations before it sends new
printer data. In case you are not sure about
what sort of times to expect, simply set Pt
to maximurrt resistance (wiper towerds
IC4). •

TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
Todey. Radio or Wireless as we used to
caU it, has beeome so much part of our
Jives that is diffieult to appreciate the fact
that in earlter days it was considered al-
most a miracle that Musie and Voices
could come into our hornes 'out of the air'
by Wireless Waves.
The Wireless Museum in Lindfield,
West Sussex, displays not only a fine eol-
leetion of Vintage Wireless Sets and para-
phernalia frorn the days before transistors
and silicon chips, but it also attempts to
capture some of the atmosphere of the
early wireiess days.
Have the thrill of hearing, on a pair of
headphones, the music frorn a Cat's
Whisker and Crystal Set.
Listen to music coming from a 'horn
Ioudspeaker' eonneeted to a 1930's horne
made valve receiver - a type that squeals
when the volume is turned up very high.
Switeh on same of the oId-time valve
sets that take an age to warm up.
Browse at leisure round other exhibits
and talk about the old days 01 Wireless
with the Curator.
There are many interesting milestones in
Wireless Broedcasnng history, and the fol-
lowing few early dates rnay be of interest:
1901 Mareoni sueeessfully broadeasts
using the famous callsign 2MT.
The museum is privately owned and
non- profit making. The only source of in-
come is from the vistor's generosity. which
enables this nostalgic colleetion to be dis-
played to the public.
The Wireless Museum, The Old Brewery,
53 High Street, Lindfield, West Sussex
RH16 2HN. Telephone: (0444) 484552.
Collection owner and Curator: Mr. Ray
Leworthy.
THE
WIRELESS MUSEUM
UNDFIELD
40 YEARS OF VALVE RADIO
1920-1960
signals by Wireless from Poldhu in
Cornwall to Newfoundland.
1920 An experimental broadcast from
the Marconi Works in Chelmsford in-
cluded a concert by the famous soprano
Nellie Melba.
1921 Marconi was lieensed to broadcast

ELEKTOR ELECTRONICS NOVEMBER 1992