16 Oct
2005
16 Oct
'05
10:40 a.m.
On 10/16/05, Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
Yes, that cable (40 pin BERG socket to RL-style plug was commonly used
with the RL8A and with Qbus conntrollers.
Electrically there's no difference between using that cable, and using
the 40 pin Berg socket to Berg socket cable + RL style socket + RL-to-RL
cable. That setup was more commonly used with the RL11 Unibus controller,
but it works with any of them AFAIK. Use whichever is more convenient (or
whichever you have parts to do).
-tony
RL01 and RL02 cables have those funny connectors
at both ends.
Drive-to-drive cables certainly all do, and _most_ interface-to-drive
cables do, but some do not.
In particular, I have seen a 40-pin-Berg-to-RL-drive cable (no ribbon
cable whatsoever)
in two situations; with an RLV12 in a MicroVAX-II, and my own RL8A.