Just getting started with a MicroVax 3400

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Sun Apr 1 16:03:14 2001

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
Received on Sun Apr 01 2001 - 16:03:14 BST

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