Hardware References
Misc hardware
- My research on rechargable battery technology
- My overview of cellular telephone technology
- My quest for the ideal Mac keyboard
Ethernet specs and configuration guides
- Quick Reference Guides to 10-Mbps Ethernet
- Thick Ethernet Cable Notes, including the AUI pinout
- Thin Ethernet Cable Notes
- A list of Ethernet Vendor Codes (a mapping of hardware address to vendor)
Connector pinouts
- AUI pinout
- Cisco Catalyst 2100 connector pinouts, including the 10base-T connector pinout
- V.35 connector pinout
- Assemble your own Cisco cables
- De-facto standard for running V.35 signals in a DB25 connector
- Ever wonder what those Apple Attachment Unit Interface (AAUI) connectors look like electrically?
- Tommy's pinout collection, or a mirror.
- s-video connector pinout and signal description.
- computer monitor connector pinouts at Monitor World
Wiring
- Ordering and coloring of pairs when wiring an RJ-45
- How to hook up a Mac serial port to a modem
- A tutorial on SCSI termination and the various bus speeds and electrical interfaces available (PDF document)
Monitors
- A list of monitors I own or have seen, and about which I have interesting information.
- The Sun Field Engineer Handbook has some data on Sun tubes.
- Silicon Graphics Indy DB-13W3 video connector pinouts
SCSI and other mass storage
- SCSI FAQ
- TheRef (tm) Drive and Controller Guide
- Seagate’s model numbering scheme
- Detailed notes on CLARiiON RAID Storage Systems
- Drive specs and links to configuration pages for a number of drives I own
Sun hardware
- Useful Tools for Sun Workstations
- The Sun Hardware FAQ
- A collection of Sun hardware references in Germany
- The Sun NVRAM FAQ
- The Unix Sysadm Resource Center has a large section devoted to sun FAQs.
- A diagram of the Xylogics 7053 jumpers and what certain settings mean.
- A choice few pages from the Sun Field Engineer's Handbook
Macintosh hardware
- Speed analysis of the Power Mac 8500 256K cache DIMM
- Mac Evolution gives all kinds of information about Macintosh CPUs.
DEC hardware
- Dave McGuire’s DEC Module Database search engine
HP calculators
Other useful hardware references
- HP 35470A DAT Drive
- NetBuilder connector pinouts
- The Printer Works, which has tons of great information about the features and internals of printers. They’ll sell you parts, too.