> Not necessarily a DEC thing. TEMPEST PC's (and other TEMPEST boxes like > fiber > > ethernet transceivers) also had screw connectors rather than the spring > clip ones.
It's semi-common on random old stuff, yeah. I've got a Cisco IGS that uses jackscrews, and have had a pretty good number of ISA Ethernet boards that use either jackscrews in the usual D-SUB location, or the really wide-set ones that like two transceivers fit. For the Cisco IGS, there's a part # for an adapter cable with jackscrews on the router end and slide latches on the transceiver end, but they rarely show up. I have one or two for it, but have not found more. Protip: Ungermann-Bass made jackscrew transceivers both ways (wide and standard) and they're usually cheap. Thanks, Jonathan
