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From: slamont@network.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: long cables
Message-ID: <5524@network.ucsd.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 20:32:04 GMT
References: <1991Jun27.181436.7012@helios.physics.utoronto.ca>
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
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In article <1991Jun27.181436.7012@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> mark@cita.toronto.edu writes:
>The fan noise from my PI is starting to get to me, ...
>SGI sells a 75-foot set of cables (RGB+keyboard), but the price
>is exorbitant (CDN$600 up here; no idea what it costs in the US).

... about $500 here.

>So ...  Are the specs for these cables available (e.g. what type
>of coax, BNCs, etc.)?  If they are, we can have the folks in our
>electronics shop make us a set at a tiny fraction of SGI's cost.

Dunno about the coax -- just plain old video coax is what we used -- I don't
have immediate access to the part number but can get it if needed.  Plain old
BNCs on the cables.

The keyboard cable is Belden (Beldon??) 9537 7 conductor shielded cable.
The connectors are standard 9 pin D connectors.

							spl (the p stands for
							plain old...)
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