[rescue] Sun SBus serial cards

[Mark Price]

Hi Mike,


On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 9:03 PM Mike Spooner via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> The obvious SBus cards for direct  async serial expansion were the Magma
> 4SP, 8SP and 16SP cards. However, due there being not enough room on an
> SBus backplate for so many DB25 or DE9 sockets, such things used custom
> (serial-wired) RJ45 sockets on the card itself or breakout adaptor boxes on
> a 96-pin D-shell connector from the card itself. Which might explain the
> OP's unfamiliarity with the connectors on the card itself.
>


Thanks for replying.  I had not heard of Magma until today - I found an
eBay vendor with a Magma 16SP SBus card with the breakout box.

That Magma card looks like it'll do the trick, but I don't want to pay $650
for a hobby project.


Mark

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