On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:37:22 -0800  Ted Lemon wrote:

> > Yes, it's the standard SCSI-2 connector. (iirc, the DECstations
> > formally predate scsi-2, but the connector and the protocol is pretty
> > much standard scsi-2.)  The same 50-pin connector was used on
> > most workstations throughout the late 80s-mid 90s-- sparcs
> > and NeXTs use them.
> 
> Nope.   The DECstation [23]100 do, but not the 5000 series after the
> 5000/200.   I can't remember whether or not the 5000/200 has the
> 50-pin or 64-pin connector.   Chronologically, the 5000/200 was the
> first in the DECstation 5000 series.

They're definitely 50 pin, not 64 pin (I just eyeballed one to double
check).  AFAIK, only the [23]100 had the wider cables.

A big disadvantage of the 5000/200 is that it only has onboard
ThinLAN co-ax - no AUI connector.  Makes life hard in UTP or 10baseFL
environments.  Most of our 5000/200's have an extra PMAD ethernet cards
so we can hook them up to UTP hubs.

Simon.