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From: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Terminal distribution box
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Date: 23 Jul 90 18:41:03 GMT
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I'm somewhat of a neophyte when it comes to the Tower series, and
very new to this newsgroup, so forgive me if this has been hashed
over dozens of times.

I have a 32/400 with two hpsio cards.  The first one comes out to
eight DB-15's but the second has a pair of DB-37's(?) for tty08
to tty15.  There's a distribution box mentioned in the installation
manual, P/N 1401-C387-0036 for a 12 foot cable.  I've been told that
NCR is mighty proud of those adapters, something like $150 a whack.

Does anyone have the pinouts for those connectors?  I can buy the parts
cheap enough and I'm not afraid to make a medusa style cable mess.
My initial thought is to get a DB-37P shell and just stuff pins as I
need them.  Has anyone tried this?  Should I just bite the bullet and
get a "real one" from NCR.  Thanks,
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