How's about something like this: PARALLEL A1000 provides a male D-25 connector (DB25P), A500 and A2000 provide female D-25 connectors (DB25S). Signal A500 Pin A1000 Pin A2000 Pin /STROBE 1 1 1 D0 2 2 2 D1 3 3 3 D2 4 4 4 D3 5 5 5 D4 6 6 6 D5 7 7 7 D6 8 8 8 D7 9 9 9 /ACK 10 10 10 BUSY 11 11 11 POUT 12 12 12 SEL 13 13 13 +5V [1] 14 23 14 /RESET 16 25 16 GND 17-25 14-22 17-25 [1] +5V on the A500/A2000 is resistively current limited to about 10mA to protect the system against some standard printer cables, which may ground this line. SERIAL A1000 provides a female D-25 connector (DB25S), A500 and A2000 provide a male D-25 connector (DB25P). Signal A500 Pin A1000 Pin A2000 Pin [2] Shield GND 1 1 1 TxD 2 2 2 RxD 3 3 3 RTS 4 4 4 CTS 5 5 5 DSR 6 6 6 Signal GND 7 7 7 CD 8 8 8 +12V [1] 9 23 9 -12V [1] 10 N/A 10 Audio OUT 11 15 11 Audio IN 18 16 18 DTR 20 20 20 RI 22 N/A 22 -5V [1] N/A 14 N/A Buffered E N/A 17 N/A /INT2 N/A 18 N/A +5V [2] N/A 21 N/A /C2 N/A 24 N/A /RESET N/A 25 N/A [1] +/- 12V on the A500 is resistively currently limited to about 10mA for protection. +/- 12V on the A2000 is diode protected and current limited to about 200mA. +/- 5V and +12V are not physically limited in any way on the A1000; care must be used in hooking up external cables, as the wrong connection could damage the A1000 internal circuitry. [2] A1000 signals not present on the A2000 serial connector are available on a 26 pin header internally.