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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Putting disk in an R4000 Indigo
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Nov11.204741.28323@bradley.bradley.edu> <s9pd1so@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <1992Nov16.190031.24107@cc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:02:06 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.190031.24107@cc.ic.ac.uk> vulture@imperial.ac.uk (Thomas Sippel - Dau) writes:
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- | In article <s9pd1so@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
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- | - The external connector is the standard SCSI centronics connector.
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- | At the risk of beinb called pedantic, Centronics is an interface definition,
- | (and a printer company), not a plug. The Plug is an Amphenol plug, 50 Pin
- | in this case, where the Centronics interface uses a 36-pin Amphenol plug,
- | and the HP-IB interfas a 24 pin one.
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- Everybody in the industry calls it a centronics (or centronics style)
- connector. I've given in to the inevitable on this one...
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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