DEC network card?

[Johnny Billquist]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 Simon Fryer <fryers at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:16:22, Joe R. <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone recognize this card?
> > <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/Stuff%20Found%20at%20Rogers/network%20card.jpg
>
> Cabling looks like SDI.

Barely. It's true that SDI internally are four thin coax cables, but
neither connectors, nor much else looks like SDI here.

> > > I found it in a PDP-11/44 but I couldn't find a model number or
> > manufacturer's name on it. The other end of the four red cables connect to
> > four BNC connectors on the back of the cabinet and are marked Network
> > Ports. see
> > <http://www.classiccmp.org/hp/Stuff%20Found%20at%20Rogers/back3.jpg>
>
> The BNC connectors are a bit novel if it is SDI.

It's not SDI.

Hard to tell much from the information given, since the cards don't have
any identifiers.
But was the the DMP-11 or DMR-11 which used coax? It could be one of
those. Max 1 Mb/s interface, also for network.

	Johnny

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