Subject: Re: AAUI
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
From: David A. Gatwood <dgatwood@deepspace.mklinux.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/14/2000 21:16:08
On Mon, 15 May 2000, Allen Briggs wrote:

> > This is a little off topic but what is the difference between AUI and AAUI?
> > Also, can I use an AAUI to 10bT transceiver with NetBSD? Is there a
> > particular brand/type that works or are they all fine? Ed
> 
> I don't know if there are any signalling differences, but AUI ports are
> 15-pin female D-sub and AAUI ports are a miniature card-edge-like thing
> of some description (what are these called, anyway?).

To be a little more descriptive, the AAUI looks like two spring tabs on
each side with a little card edge connector embedded into something that
resembles a 9-pin DIN connector, sans pins.  (Wonder if it's called a
mini-D...).


David

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