DEC BC09J cable

From: Robert F Schaefer <rschaefe_at_gcfn.org>
Date: Wed Feb 27 12:02:23 2002

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Alan Pearson <alan.pearson_at_cramer.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a DEC BC09J cable to hook up a VS3100 to a CD drive...
>
> That's the same cable as used with the DECstation 2100/3100. A couple
> DS3100s I hauled home had a different cable, p/n BC56H-03. This one is
> a few inches longer and the cable comes straight into the 50 pin
> Centronics connector as opposed to the BC09J which is right angle.

Apparently the thought was to sell/bundle the 90 degree cable, to force the
purchaser to `upgrade' to the straight cable when it was necessry to plug
in more than one SCSI device. I cursed it soundly when I realized it
obstructed the pass-thru connector on the back of the TK50 I have. As all
my other SCSI toys have the HD connectors, I might have to end up getting a
50-pin centronics-like :) M-F cable to connect things.

>
> HTH
> Mike

Bob
Received on Wed Feb 27 2002 - 12:02:23 GMT