> From port-vax-owner-clowenst=ucsd.edu@NetBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 19:12 PST 1997
> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:01:49 -0600
> From: Jacob Suter <jsuter@intrastar.net>
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> To: Brian Chase <brianc@carpediem.com>
> CC: zach@acsu.buffalo.edu, port-vax@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Anybody for graphics on a 3100?
> 
> > Yes, it's controlled by the same internal SCSI board which services the
> > internal drives.  But you'll need a cable that can handle the wide
> > (68pin?) style connector.
> 
> Yeah it looks to be 68 pin on mine, but I don't think its a normal
> 'wide' connector, and we all know this thing isn't SCSI wide capable... 
> Digital is a group of very weird people - or at least used to be.

Yes it's a 68-pin connector, used for SCSI-1.  There was no wide SCSI
specification until several years later.  It even predates SCSI-2
by a few years.  That's just what DEC chose at the time.

    carl
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