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From: alan@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Alan Crosswell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: has anybody connected an Exabyte 8mm backup system?
Message-ID: <1484@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 6 May 89 00:40:42 GMT
Reply-To: alan@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Alan Crosswell)
Organization: Columbia University
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Has anybody connected an Exabyte 8mm video backup system to a Multimax
310?  What do I need in order to do it?  I currently have an Exabyte
that we use on a Sun-4/280 w/SCSI controller.  I thought I could just
plug it in to the Encore since it uses SCSI, but the connectors don't
match:-) Is this just a matter of getting a conversion cable?  The Sun
uses some sort of 50 pin or so DB connector and the Multimax uses a
telco-style 25-pair connector.  So much for standards (like the CT-130
tapes:-).

Alan Crosswell
Unix Systems Group
Center for Computing Activities
Columbia University