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

Pete Lancashire pete at petelancashire.com
Tue Aug 4 19:07:08 UTC 2009


I use the SUN model that came in the 411 cases. Internally it is
a Toshiba model that can do 512 byte blocks. The external connector
is the small pitch SCSI-II connector.



> 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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