Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!unido!rzsun2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de!bosun1!weigele From: weigele@bosun1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Martin Weigele) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: silly cables Message-ID: Date: 14 Feb 91 09:52:45 GMT Sender: news@informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Mr. News) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Hamburg, FRG Lines: 20 After eventually having reached the buy decision, I am now in the business of having to deal with silly cable standards of the new otherwise much more reasonable machines (i.e., non-standards). The name SCSI-2 to SCSI-1 doesn't mean much to most hardware shops. I was even told the name is ill-chosen, because these standards do not specify the connectors(?) or at least not the NeXt ones. The NeXT documentation gives the wiring but does not state which exactly are the norm names of the connectors, for making ones own cable. My dealer can't get any cables, apparently a widespread experience. Other manufacturers' names or connector specifications anyone? The easy one seems Centronics(?). A similar story are the serial connectors. Apparently Macintosh cables might work. Has anyone verified this? Even though one can sometimes get Mini-DIN-8 connectors, it would be nicer to have a manufactured cable because these tiny connectors make soldering unpleasant. Martin