Artifact Details

Description

The object is a cable of eight ribbons, each of which contains nine coaxial conductors. One end of the cable terminates into a plastic AMP connector with a mechanical release lever and 108 conductor pins. At the other end, the cable splits into two groups of four ribbons. Each of these groups terminates into a pair of dual flip-chip printed circuit board connectors. These are labeled "MEMORY BUS CONNECTOR W859B". One pair is marked "MBUS Right FROM DC0" in handwritten green marking pen. The other pair is marked "MBUS LEFT FROM DC#0" in handwritten green marking pen.

Date

1972

Manufacturer

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Identifying Numbers

Other number	MEMORY PORT 4 VS 10	Handwritten on paper tags, one tied to each cable end near the printed circuit board connectors
Other number	VB10 KL 25+26	Handwritten on a paper tag tied to the cable near the "Right" printed circuit board connector
Other number	VB10 KL 27+28	Handwritten on a paper tag tied to the cable near the "LEFT" printed circuit board connector
Other number	VB10C	Handwritten in black marking pen on the AMP connector
Part number	C10 J-3	Handwritten on a paper label that is a "digital" manufacturers tag on the Amp connector

Dimensions

overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 in x 2 1/2 in; overall: 430 in; overall: 6 in x 5 1/4 in x 1 in

Category

Component/cable