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Date:      Sun, 13 Apr 1997 10:22:37 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: weird cable
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.970413102000.4224F-100000@csd>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970411232049.16412A-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu>

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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Chuck Robey wrote:

> Someone just dumped a couple of interesting-looking computers on me, and
> they're both one cable short of working, so I thought I'd ask around and
> see if anyone has ever hear of this fairly weird one.
> 
> The computers are DEC 5000-120's, they both have 19" color monitors (which
> makes them dandy for working into my FreeBSD box!) but they both need thos
> odd cable that combines the mouse and the keyboard (and a B/W monitor
> cable, which I won't use) into one, umm, I think 15 pin D connector.
> 
> I need twoof these weird cables.  Anyone know where they could be gotten?

Those were also used on old VAXstations (MicroVAX II and 3100 series). You
may have a separate mouse/keyboard connector too, which would make the
problem easier (the 3100s had). There are also RGB versions you can use
(use only the green connector for a B/W screen).I think I can find a
couple of those cables here, but we're abit too far apart for it to be
practical. Anyhow, look aroung old VAXstations. 

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Nadav




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