On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 2:44 PM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > For a few inches, which would be enough here I think, I've used an IDC > > DA15 plug and socket crimped onto the normal ribbon cable. Technically > > it's wrong but the reflections on that length of cable won't matter. > > That's how Sun VME Ethernet boards are set up, the board itself is way back > near the VME connectors and small (or a Multibus in a converter, and small). > Can't be too bad if Sun did it on serious business workstations, right?! >
As a PERQ-fanatic, I'd better not give my prejudiced views on Sun :-) But seriously. Sun machines work on the ethernet just fine. So it shows you can break the rules a bit... -tony
