DEC KA640 connectors question

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Sun Jul 22 14:54:32 2001

OK, I've been looking into the B400X chassis, it looks to me like it is
straight Q-Bus, however, the DSSI disks look to be a problem. It looks
like a male HD50 connector is what connects to them. However, the KA640
CPU has 50-pin connector next to the one for the RAM, I'm guessing this is
the DSSI connector. Is this correct?

If so, then I'm needing to go from 50-pin ribbon to HD50, I don't suppose
I'd be able to use a SCSI cable I've got that would do the trick. I've no
idea what the DSSI pinout is, or how much I'd risk blowing something up.

Maybe I should just turn the chassis into a PDP-11 w/SCSI disks :^)

                        Zane
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