[Sunhelp] Re: [SunRescue] SBus FDDI card question

[James Lockwood]

Bad form to reply to myself, I know.

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, James Lockwood wrote:

> Another thing that the original poster could do just occurred to me.  The
> double-wide dual attach cards only use the second sbus slot for power.
> Sun sold a kit for people who wanted to use their ZX cards in Ultra 1's
> that had a cable to plug into the second sbus slot and into the
> powersupply.  If one of those could be found, it might be possible to get
> a double-wide card to work.

Sun sells these new.  P/n 530-2290, price is $25.  The problem is that it
won't work, there's no space in the backpanel for the second connector to
go.  That and I think the cable may be an sbus to sbus cable, taking up
the second slot.

-James