On Dec 4, 0:39, Carlini, Antonio wrote:
> > pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com wrote:
> >
> >> (Oh, what's the 50 pin HD-DB type connector? line-printer?)
> >
> >Good question :-)
>
> After my earlier miscounting I'd better check
> carefully :-0 but if this is labelled B1 (and
> there is another one labelled B2 on *some*
> MicroVAX 3100 Model 20s) and it is three
> rows of pins ... then it is a synchronous
> communications connector. The same
> connector was used on several other
> synch comms options (DEMSA, DECnis,
> DSV11, DSB32, DMB32 and DSF32).
> The interface presented (X.21, V.35,
> RS422, RS423) was determined by the
> stub cable you plugged in.
Thanks for that -- that's helpful. I might even have a use for it :-)
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Tue Dec 04 2001 - 12:37:36 GMT