IBM 3101 terminals

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Fri Oct 10 12:57:53 1997

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>
> > If I had space, I'd be tempted to offer one a home. But I haven't :-(
>
> You mean I'm not the olnly classiccmp member to have a space problem...
>
> Seriously, other than moving (or collecting pocket calculators), is there
> a cure to having more computers than floorspace for them?
>
Get rid of your couch and bed. They're taking up usefull space. Lofts
can also be suspended from the ceiling. : ^ ))

> > PS Are you sure the connectors aren't DA15?
>
> Almost certainly they are. There is no connector called a DB15 in _any_
> catalogue I've looked in. The letter after the 'D' specifies the shell
> size - from memory, the standard ones are :
>
> DE9 (PC serial port, Atari joystick, etc)
> DA15 (Ethernet AUI, PC games port, etc) -- The one we're talking about
> DB25 (Standard RS232, PC printer port, etc)
> DC37 (PC external disk port, Canon CX engine interface, etc)
> DD50 (Sun SCSI port, etc)
>
> The high-density ones are :
>
> DE15 (PC VGA monitor)
> DA?? (Never seen it)
> DB44 (Never seen it used, but it's in the catalogues)
> DC62 (PC expansion cabinet, etc)
>
> -tony
>
Sorry to differ from my more knowledgeable co-respondents,
but I had an XT clone which had a DB15 RS2 serial port.
I searched in vain to find an adaptor for an external modem
and finally installed an internal one. 2 rows in a D shell.

ciao larry
 
 
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