pin	wire
num	color
---------------------------------------------------
 1	black
 2	brown
 3	red
 4	orange
 5	yellow
 6	green
 7	blue
 8	purple
 9	gray
10	white
11	pale pink
12	pale green
13	black-white
14	gray-white
15	red-white
16	orange-white
17	green-white
18	blue-white
19	purple-white
20	red-black
21	orange-black
22	yellow-black
23	green-black
24	gray-black
25	pale-pink-black


connections to LCD:

parallel port		LCD
pin	wire		pin
num	color		num
---------------------------------------------------
 1	black		9 (E1)
 2	brown		8
 3	red		7
 4	orange		6
 5	yellow		5
 6	green		4
 7	blue		3
 8	purple		2
 9	gray		1
10	white		none
11	pale pink	14 (+5V)
12	pale green	none
13	black-white	12 (through 920-ohm contrast resistor)
14	gray-white	15 (E2)
15	red-white	none
16	orange-white	11 (RS)
17	green-white	none
18	blue-white	10 (R/W, grounded)
19	purple-white	none
20	red-black	none
21	orange-black	none
22	yellow-black	13 (GND)
23	green-black	none
24	gray-black	none
25	pale-pink-black	none

(parallel port pins 18-25 are all ground.)

Since the gameport connector I'm using for this
cable has pin 15 filled, I can't use it... but since
pin 16 is a no-connect, I'll just short 15 and 16 on
the LCD's header pins, and then run pin 15's signal
on the pin 16 wire.  So, pin 15=16 on the LCD.