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From: daedalus!corwin@talcott.harvard.edu (-David C. Kovar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: the connector is the network (3
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 7 Apr 89 04:44:50 GMT
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Original-Date: Thu, 30 Mar 89 11:48:14 -0500
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> I have the well-known problem of Sun 3/60's getting disconnected from the
> (thick) ethernet because of the lousy Sun connectors.  I'm sure there's
> someone who has solved this problem to their satisfaction.  What did you
> do?

We had a similar problem with the cables dropping off of the back of our
new 386is if you even looked at them. I called the Hotline for hardware
technical support and explained the problem. I received a very sturdy
eight inch cable that goes between your normal cable and the CPU. No more
cables have fallen off. The label on the cable is "530-1519-01 REV 1 495
8839".  It'd be even better if it was a gooseneck but it works fine as is.

-David C. Kovar
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