Weird printer cable (special Centronics type?) Kontiki-100 - Star Gemini 10X

[mvno_subscriber]

So I randomly stumbled upon something that ended up being a very unplanned purchase (and, as with these machines, a parental responsibility).

The machine is a Kontiki-100 with a Start Micronics Gemini 10X dot matrix printer. However, I don't have the cable for the printer - I suspect it's a version of the Centronics port. The Kontiki-100 has its own printer port which I think is a parallel port. Here are the connectors:



Apparently I'm not very good at googling, but the closest I could come to the port was "Hard Centronics". It doesn't fit my normal Centronics cables, and I don't find any cables online with these connectors. Does anyone recognize these connectors, know where I could get hold of a cable or has the necessary pin diagrams?

 

[tingo]

FWIW, the Tiki-100 page here: http://www.djupdal.org/tiki/
lists a lot of information on Kontiki / Tiki machines, even if most of the text is in Norwegian.
Info about the ports are here: http://www.djupdal.org/tiki/tekniskedok/porter.txt
(yes, the printer port is a parallel port)

As for the Centronics contact on that Star printer: are you sure that a normal Centronics plug doesn't fit in there? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1284

 

[mvno_subscriber]

Thanks, I've seen the Djupdal page but somehow I missed the pinouts..

Yes, I've tried a normal Centronics plug and the one on the printer won't grip.

But wait a second...

YES!! I tried one more time, and noticed that the "grips" on the sides of the port to secure the contact wasn't open - turns out, what I saw was not part of the printer, but a lonely male Centronics plug stuck in there, exposing it's "backside". D'oh and whoa! If it hadn't been for you asking, it would probably have taken a long time before I took a second look..