23 May
2002
23 May
'02
2:16 p.m.
okay, so I'm not imagining the odd VS/MV2000 thickwire port and standard
thickwire cable issue! WHEW! Wonder why DEC did that????
rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: VAXStation 2000 (Was: TK50Z-GA and MicroVax 3100/90?)
> Hey! I seem to recall having to add a clip to the
AUI port on my
> VAXStation 3100m38, so I could hooked up a transceiver. IIRC all
computers'
> with AUI ports, have the clip side, not the
stud... Well, they're
supposed
to, at
least...
PERQ 2 machines (and others as well, most likely) have screwlock posts on
the AUI connector (like you'd find on, say, a PC serial port). A
conventional drop cable won't fit, and forget about trying to plug a
trasceiver directly into the machine.
I had to make up a special drop cable with screwlocks at one and and the
ethernet-style slide lock plate at the other (to fit the transceiver). It
was then I discovered how hard it is to buy the special cable (4 twisted
pairs, one thicker than the others) in small quanitites...
-tony