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From: darren@bacchus.UUCP (Darren Friedlein)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: UNIXpc weirdo 99 pin bus connectors
Message-ID: <733@bacchus.UUCP>
Date: 20 Oct 88 02:18:30 GMT
References: <367@uncle.UUCP>
Reply-To: darren@bacchus.UUCP (Darren Friedlein)
Organization: The Humanities Forum - Research Triangle Park; Durham, NC
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In article <367@uncle.UUCP> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes:
>What did Convergent think they were doing when they put 99 pin connectors on
>the UNIXpc bus? Never mind that the rest of the entire civilized world is
>using a connector just like it with 96 pins (ever heard of Eurocard?). The
>96 pin connectors are used for VME, Multibus II, NuBus, etc. Lenny tells me
>on the long distance phone today that they have been discontinued by AMP. If
>you want one you have to pay like $30 a piece and wait a LONG time.
>...
>John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu
>home (614) 294-4823, work (614) 764-4272;  Send vi tricks, I'm making a manual

OK - here's another question.  What's involved in building a card cage for
the UNIXpc if it was possible to get these connectors?  Could it be done
with like ribbon cable?  Since this machine IS based on a back-plane, this
would appear to be possible.  Any comments?

-darren
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