[comp.sys.encore] has anybody connected an Exabyte 8mm backup system?

alan@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Alan Crosswell) (05/06/89)

Has anybody connected an Exabyte 8mm video backup system to a Multimax
310?  What do I need in order to do it?  I currently have an Exabyte
that we use on a Sun-4/280 w/SCSI controller.  I thought I could just
plug it in to the Encore since it uses SCSI, but the connectors don't
match:-) Is this just a matter of getting a conversion cable?  The Sun
uses some sort of 50 pin or so DB connector and the Multimax uses a
telco-style 25-pair connector.  So much for standards (like the CT-130
tapes:-).

Alan Crosswell
Unix Systems Group
Center for Computing Activities
Columbia University