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In article <5ievuv$vs7@godzilla.zeta.org.au>, craig@zeta.org.au (Craig Dewick) writes:
|> In <5iehe3$pbf@shell3.ba.best.com> mcravit@shell3.ba.best.com (Matthew Cravit) writes:
|> 
|> >I have managed to pick up a Sun 4/110 in apparently working order, so I'd
|> >like to try to set it up and find some use for it. The major stumbling block
|> >I'm having seems to be finding a way to plug a SCSI drive into the 3 row
|> >SCSI connector on the back of the machine. Does anyone know where I can find
|> >an adapter to turn the 3 row SCSI connector into a more standard one? 
|> >Alternatively, does anyone have the Sun part number of such an adapter?
|> 
|> If you can't buy a ready-made one, how about making your own cable(s)?
|> 
|> You can buy IDC 50-pin D connectors which can be crimped directly onto
|> regular 50-wire ribbon cable - just crimp on a regualr female 50-pin
|> header connector to the other end (making sure of the pin-1 alignment for 
|> both connectors) and you have a custom-made 'old'-SCSI cable.
|> 
|> T&B Ansley are the only company that makes IDC 50-pin D connectors though,
|> but the major electronics retailers in the US (our local Australian
|> retailers are pretty bad) should carry them, or else check with a
|> specialist distributor of T&B products.
|> 
|> As a last resort, places like Farnell and RS (do they exist in the US?) 
|> carry them, but at inflated prices. 
|> 
|> Regards,
|> 
|> Craig.
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Ultra Spec Cables makes a conversion cable from the D50 (the three row D style plug) to a
standard Centronics 50 pin male. The Part Numbers are 5026, 5021, 5022, 5023 for the 12
inch, 20 inch, 3.3ft., and 6.6 ft. lengths respectively; with a cost of $45, $50, $60 and
$70. Ultra Spec can be reached at 800-622-2537 or at sales@ultraspec.com.
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