4 Nov
2010
4 Nov
'10
8:46 p.m.
It is a SCSI. Sun used the 50 pin Dsub, and I suspect the dsub 25 is
for Apple.
Might not be good very fast, but it would work for probably to 10mhz at
least single ended devices.
I had one similar, but not brand name. something bent up by a company
in Orange county back in the day.
Remember the Sun Bricks that went with Sparc 1's etc.
Jim
On 11/4/2010 8:26 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/4/10 11:20 PM, Brian Lanning wrote:
Maybe, but its styling suggests that it predates widespread use of
SCSI, and SCSI didn't make big inroads into the PC world anywhere near
that era.
Given
the styling of that box, matching IBM PC and XT machines,
I'd really
be surprised if it were SCSI. I'd guess it were some sort of
proprietary-interfaced expansion box.
That said, early (but almost a decade later than early IBM PCs) Sun
machines used those DD-50 connectors for both SCSI and IPI interfaces.
I thought I saw a 50-pin ribbon cable in there. I might be wrong
though. I could always yank the cable and connectors and replace it
with some scsi cabling. I've also considered putting a mini itx
motherboard in there.
That's kinda sick. I like it. :)
Wasn't someone here looking for a PC- or XT-styled expansion chassis
like this recently?
-Dave