Summary

Cmon, its the 21st century, time to port your parallel projects to usb. This adapter takes a centronics hole and adpats to a USB AB bulkhead.
The adaters I use are like these:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/USB-Cable-Adatper-A-Female-to-B-Female-F-to-F-EXTEND-USB-CABLES-Single-/300696891364

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB2-0-A-female-to-B-female-printer-print-USB-2-0-port-converter-adapter-connector/32700593525.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-lot-USB-2-0-A-female-to-B-female-printer-USB-port-converter-adapter-connector/32307353859.html

https://www.amazon.ca/Adapter-Printer-Female-Black-Silver/dp/B00BG5XMFI/ref=sr_1_3

then I just use a regular usb cable on the inside of the device (or plug in the usb2ttl adapter directly.)

;-)