non-SCSI disks on a SCSI disk interface (was Re: Space, the next frontier)

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Wed May 26 20:54:42 1999

On May 27, 0:13, Tony Duell wrote:

> Yes, but have you seen the price of IDC DD50 plugs? Last time I needed
> some, the standard 'Amphenol' 50 pin plugs (like overgrown Centronics
> plugs) were a couple of pounds a time, but the DD50s were \pounds 17.00
> or so...
>
> I must admit they're (DD50s) a much nicer connector, though.

You can get Amphenol IDC ones that take *standard* ribbon cable (not the
delicate half-pitch stuff) from Videk, for about a fiver.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York

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