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

Peter Loron peterl at standingwave.org
Tue Aug 4 19:41:52 UTC 2009


Ah! Good to know. Thanks.

-Pete

On Aug 4, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote:

> 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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