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From: markb@denali.sgi.com (Mark Bradley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: External SCSI-Adapter on PI and HU-XSCSI
Summary: external scsi connector type
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Date: 14 Dec 89 17:59:54 GMT
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In article <8912130045.aa04811@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, XBR2D96D@DDATHD21.BITNET (Knobi der Rechnerschrat) writes:
> please also answer the second (or was it first) part of my original
> question:  what kind of connector is used? 50-pin-3row-female-d-type,
> 50-or-more-pin-centronics-like or others? As I have neither a PI nor
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> Martin Knoblauch
> <xbr2d96d@ddathd21.bitnet>

It is a 50 conductor `champ' or Centronics-style connector, female.  SGI
also sells an external cable, although such cables can usually be obtained
from your local computer supply store.

						markb

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