That's too bad: Steve Chamberlin appears to have taken the post down probably due to unwarranted "UR DOIN IT WRONG" in his page comments. There are a couple ot

That's too bad: Steve Chamberlin appears to have taken the post down probably due to unwarranted "UR DOIN IT WRONG" in his page comments. There are a couple other comments [1] [2] that touch on this. But it does seem like there are some shortcuts that could be taken with DB-25 connectors. Anyone who's still manufacturing them (which may not be many) might be able to modify their tooling to not add 6 pins on one side and not add the protective cowling. Is it a safe, strong connector? No. Would it cost $11k in tooling? I have no idea I'm a biologist. It'll be interesting to see what he settles on. edit: Ha, he's already doing that: http://www.bigmessowires.com/2015/02/01/designing-a-db-19-substitute/ http://www.bigmessowires.com/2015/02/01/designing-a-db-19-su... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9012293#9012602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9012293#9012602 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9012293#9012695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9012293#9012695