Subject: Re: What kind of SCSI interface on the UDB
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/18/1996 13:59:57
On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:59:40 -0700 Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:40:52 -0500 (CDT)
> "John C. Hayward" <John.C.Hayward@wheaton.wheaton.edu> wrote:
>
> > with another system and then boot off of the "borrowed" drive. I have
> > a drive which plugs into a DecStation - 3100. Is this the same SCSI
> > connector on the UDB?
>
> The connector on the UDB (Multia) is a 50-pin mini connector (a'la
> SPARCstations). The connector on the DECstation is the Centronics-style,
> I think...
It's worse than that, the MIPS DECstation 3100 has a funny "wide"
honda-style connector that doesn't seem to be compatible with anything
else I know off. You may have to resort to putting your disk _in_ the
3100 for now...
Simon.
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