DEC KA640 connectors question

From: jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de <(jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de)>
Date: Sun Jul 22 16:16:30 2001

On 22 Jul, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> the DSSI disks look to be a problem. It looks
> like a male HD50 connector is what connects to them.
That is the usual DSSI connector.

> 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?
Yes.

> 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.
SCSI and DSSI are using a different wiring to the HD50 connector. You
can not connect a SCSI 50-pin ribbon to HD50 to a DSSI 50-pin ribbon to
HD50 converter.

> Maybe I should just turn the chassis into a PDP-11 w/SCSI disks :^)
Why not! ;-)
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tsch??,
         Jochen
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