1 Apr
2001
1 Apr
'01
9:03 a.m.
On Apr 1, 14:53, Chad Fernandez wrote:
That card I thought was SCSI is a serial
card, I think. It has the same little double arrows on it as the
console port, even if the connectors are centronics 50.
Are the arrows like a left and right angle bracket (more properly called
chevrons or a "greater than" and "less than") with three dots
between?
That's the standard symbol for a network interface, and a 50-way
Centronics-style connector is what used to be used to connect a
"harmonica". A harmonica is a distribution block with a 50-way input and
(usually) 12 10baseT ports. If I were you, I'd take that card out and have
a look at it, it might be interesting. What was this machine used for?
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York