On 06/18/2018 01:00 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote: > On 18/06/18 17:50, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> Is this a 200/DL (RS423 data lines only) board? >> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/352381870034 >> >> A normal 200 would have two large IDC connectors on the pcb for >> serial I/O >> >> >> > The DECserver 200/MC had 8 DB25 connectors on the back, one for each > RS232 connection. These connections had full modem control. > > The DECserver 200/DL had one 36-pin connector that broke out to 8 MMJ > connections. Only the data leads were present (no modem control). > > I don't know how the motherboards differed between the two models. I > wouldn't be surprised if the MC variant had 8 connections to the > motherboard. > > > I'm surprised the 200/DL didn't just put 8 MMJ connectors on the back > of the box ... would have saved space and been less of a hassle thirty > years later for people trying to run them! > > > I don't have any service information (that I know of) for the DS200 > unfortunately. >
If no one can properly answer this question and it would help I have a bunch of 200/MC boxes sitting here and could one up to get a picture of the motherboard. bill
