Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-16 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 2/15/20 12:35 AM, jim stephens via cctech wrote: On 2/14/2020 11:11 PM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: On 2/14/20 1:54 PM, jim stephens via cctech wrote: On 2/14/2020 6:09 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On Feb 14, 2020, at 04:15, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 13 Feb

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-15 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 23:43, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > PS I forgot to thank Liam for offering assistance, so thanks, Liam. You're very welcome. Sorry I misunderstood and couldn't help. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-15 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 2/14/20 1:54 PM, jim stephens via cctech wrote: On 2/14/2020 6:09 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On Feb 14, 2020, at 04:15, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 19:06, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: I supplied part numbers. How can I be more specific? Oddly,

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-15 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 2/14/2020 11:11 PM, Alan Perry via cctech wrote: On 2/14/20 1:54 PM, jim stephens via cctech wrote: On 2/14/2020 6:09 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On Feb 14, 2020, at 04:15, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 19:06, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: I

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: Oddly, some of us do not have a mental look-up table of Sun part numbers. In fact I think I can safely say that I could not identify a single cable of any form for any machine ever made by its part number. If you can, good for you. 26-1401

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
> On Feb 14, 2020, at 14:19, Patrick Finnegan via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 4:36 PM jim stephens via cctalk > wrote: >> SMD external cables probably weren't that common. The systems I saw >> which were of such as 4/280 etc, rack mounted had the cabling internal >> to the

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 4:36 PM jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > SMD external cables probably weren't that common. The systems I saw > which were of such as 4/280 etc, rack mounted had the cabling internal > to the bays and were of the ribbon variety. They used VME bus cards in > a large size

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 2/14/2020 2:00 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: On Feb 14, 2020, at 4:54 PM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: ... The SCSI spec and cabling have a specific way that the conductors have to be rolled to make a round cable. Each cable type has a recommended way that signal and grounds

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Feb 14, 2020, at 4:54 PM, jim stephens via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > The SCSI spec and cabling have a specific way that the conductors have to be > rolled to make a round cable. Each cable type has a recommended way that > signal and grounds should be paired and in what proximity in

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 2/14/2020 6:09 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: On Feb 14, 2020, at 04:15, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 19:06, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: I supplied part numbers. How can I be more specific? Oddly, some of us do not have a mental look-up table of Sun part

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 2/14/2020 4:17 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 00:42, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: Liam, he's looking for SMD, which need a Bus and Radial. One Bus can daisy chain from drive to drive, and us usually 60 pin. The radial RF cables are usually 26 pin ribbon. A

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
> On Feb 14, 2020, at 04:15, Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 19:06, Alan Perry via cctalk > wrote: >> >> I supplied part numbers. How can I be more specific? > > Oddly, some of us do not have a mental look-up table of Sun part > numbers. In fact I think I can

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 00:42, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > > > Liam, he's looking for SMD, which need a Bus and Radial. One Bus can > daisy chain from drive to drive, and us usually 60 pin. The radial RF > cables are usually 26 pin ribbon. A separate cable from the controller > to each

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-14 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 19:06, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > I supplied part numbers. How can I be more specific? Oddly, some of us do not have a mental look-up table of Sun part numbers. In fact I think I can safely say that I could not identify a single cable of any form for any machine ever

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-13 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
> On Feb 13, 2020, at 15:42, jim stephens via cctalk > wrote: > >  > > On 2/13/2020 10:05 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > >>> I have a box of old Sun SCSI cables I >>> set aside more or less for this reason, as I gave away or sold all my >>> Sun kit. > >> Data a single is 25-pin

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-13 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 2/13/2020 10:05 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: I have a box of old Sun SCSI cables I set aside more or less for this reason, as I gave away or sold all my Sun kit. Data a single is 25-pin cable, but I have two drives. so ideally need two. Command is a pair of cables, one 25-pin and

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-13 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 2/13/20 9:56 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 18:46, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: Anyone here have a set of Sun external SMD cables (530-1079 and 530-1080) that they can loan or want to sell? I ordered from a set from MemoryX at the beginning of Jan

Re: Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-13 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 18:46, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > > Anyone here have a set of Sun external SMD cables (530-1079 and 530-1080) > that they can loan or want to sell? > > I ordered from a set from MemoryX at the beginning of Jan. They haven’t > arrived and MemoryX

Sun external SMD cables

2020-02-13 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
Anyone here have a set of Sun external SMD cables (530-1079 and 530-1080) that they can loan or want to sell? I ordered from a set from MemoryX at the beginning of Jan. They haven’t arrived and MemoryX isn’t answering my e-mail asking what’s up. alan