Keep in mind that a Pro does not accept a real AUI cable. It takes a cable
with an AUI connector (slide lock type) at the transceiver end, but a DA-15
connector with the conventional screw fasteners as you'd find on a serial port
for the computer end. If you try a real AUI cable you're right back at the
problem Chris was trying to solve, which is that the connector has the posts
for the slide lock, but the computer has the nuts for the screws, and the
connector can't mate because the two are in each other's way.
aul
> On Jun 28, 2023, at 10:31 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have a real DEC AUI cable and live in MD. I think it is 10 feet long.
> Doug
>
> On 6/27/2023 9:16 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
>> Anyone in MD got an AUI cable (few feet long) I can steal so I don't have to
>> remove the bolts from the Pro/380's Ethernet socket or the pins on my 10bt
>> ethernet MAU?
>>
>> Friendly note: If you try to boot a Pro/380 running POS 3.2 with Decnet
>> installed and don't have the loopback plug the system will crash hard with a
>> numeric error on the display. Noted.
>>
>> CZ
>>
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