[time-nuts] [OT] Help needed with HP 16700A

Peter Loron peterl at standingwave.org
Tue Aug 4 18:46:52 UTC 2009


On Aug 4, 2009, at 11:25 AM, David Forbes wrote:

> Pete Lancashire wrote:
>> For a SCSI CDROM, look for Apple Mac and SUN externals.
>> -pete
>
> SCSI came in many cable flavors back then. Be sure to get the right  
> kind!
>
> Sun used big DD-50 connectors that were incompatible with anything  
> else. The Macintosh used a DB-25, but the aftermarket drives often  
> had the "standard" 50 pin telephone style connector (the 50 pin  
> version of the "Centronics" printer connector).
>
> Then there were both 50 and 68 pin high density connectors, which  
> were smaller.
>
> --David Forbes

Yep, this one has the high-density 50-pin connector, SCSI-2. I used to  
have a ton of SCSI stuff, but I got rid of it a few years ago when I  
got rid of my old Mac SCSI systems. Sigh.

I just need to make the time to get down to the local PC recycler and  
see what they have for cheap.

-Pete




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