SMD (was Re: All things ESDI)

Fri May 6 22:08:09 CDT 2005

On Fri, 6 May 2005, der Mouse wrote:

> Well, a lot like Sun SCSI cabling of the time, in that it used DD-50
> connectors.  But the cables were DD50M on one end and DD50F on the
> other, unlike the SCSI DD50M on each end.  Similarly, each drive had a
> DD50F and a DD50M, instead of the SCSI way of 2xDD50F on drives.  I
> remember noticing this specifically because it was the only obvious
> difference between the IPI cables and short SCSI cables.

Oh, now I know what those weird cables are that I have bunches of ;)

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