28 Jun
2023
28 Jun
'23
1:53 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 2:44 PM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
As a PERQ-fanatic, I'd better not give my prejudiced views on Sun :-)
But seriously. Sun machines work on the ethernet just fine. So it
shows you can break the rules a bit...
-tony
For a few inches, which would be enough here I
think, I've used an IDC
DA15 plug and socket crimped onto the normal ribbon cable. Technically
it's wrong but the reflections on that length of cable won't matter.
That's how Sun VME Ethernet boards are set up, the board itself is way back near the
VME connectors and small (or a Multibus in a converter, and small). Can't be too bad
if Sun did it on serious business workstations, right?!