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From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West)
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Subject: Re: Pinouts for Mac + (really DIN plugs)
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 12:13:27 EST
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In article <2600@sdcrdcf.UUCP>, dennisg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Dennis Griesser) writes:
> In a previous submission, I griped about the use of DIN plugs instead
> of 9-pin D connectors on the Mac+.  
> 					It's mostly the principle 
> of the thing:  changing connector types and/or pinouts mid-stream
> is an unfriendly thing to do.  

I agree 100%.

> Anybody out there looking for a product?  "Mac Bulkhead" - DIN plugs
> connected to DB-9s.  Two to a unit, in a THIN box to sit under MAC.
> Contains +5-volt power supply, and maybe a heftier +12.  List price
> should be just a bit less than $60, 'cause two APPLE adapters cost
> that much (I know you get one free with the upgrade).

Someone is making one.  MacNifty?  I'm not sure.

> And it was all done to get space for the SCSI port connector.  Is there
> no place else on the case this could go?

They ran out of width on the main logic board.  As I understand it, 
the option I wanted to see -- offset the SCSI up about an inch -- would
have added a significant fabrication cost, increasing complexity and
decreasing physical reliability.