Info needed on Sun SCSI/Ethernet sbus card plus sun sparc2 FS

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue Jul 1 08:45:00 2003

On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 03:10 PM, Jesse Kempf wrote:

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> jmd <jmd5_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> i recently came across 2 X1054A SCSI/Ethenet Sbus cards. I am having
>> trouble finding info about the Ethernet connector. This is not a
>> standard port configuration. Its quite small (measuring 1/2 wide by
>> 1/4
>> inch tall) and its *D* in shape. Female.
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> It's an HDI something or other. Sun has a weird dongle that connects
> to the port and takes AUI on the other end. You'll still need a
> 10BT->AUI adaptor. Apparently, Sun had things set up so that the same
> port carried ethernet and audio out. The dongles have a similar port
> on them specifically for audio...
>

I think you're thinking of the weird AUI port in the Sun 4m's
(particularly as implemented on the LX and SS10).

OTOH, if the original poster is talking about the card, I think he is,
they originally came with two adapters: one which had the mini-din, a
short piece of CAT-5 and an AUI port; the other had a short piece of
CAT-5 to an RJ-45 Male(!) port. (You could attach the latter to a
10BaseT network with an included RJ-45 F-F adapter.)

Unfortinately, I lost my access to spares of those after they cleaned
out the lab at work while I was on vacation.

<<<john>>>
Received on Tue Jul 01 2003 - 08:45:00 BST