Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Looking for DD-50P SCSI terminators
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.171631.24449@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8287@ncar.ucar.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 90 17:16:31 GMT

In article <8287@ncar.ucar.edu> cook@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Forrest Cook) writes:
>While on the topic of SCSI,  is the SCSI standard only for signal lines,
>not connectors? ...

The SCSI standard made some attempt to specify connectors, albeit a half-
hearted one with a couple of options.  Unfortunately, the pinheads working
for certain manufacturers think it is their god-given right to use a new
and different connector any time the old one proves slightly inconvenient.

There is, unfortunately, a considerable tradition of this sort of nonsense
in the PC business, and it's not likely to stop.
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