Need pinouts for MDB Systems DLV11J serial line interface

Vintage Computer Festival vcf at siconic.com
Sun Oct 31 10:43:31 CST 2004


On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> Vintage Computer Festival declared on Saturday 30 October 2004 07:02 pm:
> > I've got a serial line interface in this LSI 11/23 system I've got
> > here. It's made by MDB Systems and is model DLV11J.  I've got the
> > manual for the DLV11 but it gives the digram for one big 40 pin Berg
> > style connector, whereas the DLV11J has 4 10-pin Berg style
> > connectors.
> >
> > Does anyone have the documentation for this?
>
> Normally, a DLV11-J also has the four 10pin connectors.  The cable that

Right.  That's the card I have (DLV11-J).  I have the manual for the
DLV11, which describes the 40-pin connector.

> goes between them is a ribbon with a 40pin IDC at one end and 4 x 10pin
> IDCs at the other, wired such that the first 10pin is on the second
> connector's pins 1-10, the next on 11-20, the third on 21-30, and the
> fourth on 31-40.
>
> That should be simple enough, right? : )

Right, but then what the hell am I supposed to do with a 40-pin IDC? :)

I need to convert that to something sane.  I.E. a DA9 or DB25.

So the next question is, what are the pinouts?

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