Subj : 10 net
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 05:30 am

TOM WALKER wrote in a message to MAURICE KINAL:

MK>I know I responded to this before but the above has me wondering if
MK>you can internal scsii cables?  I need two for a Gateway server 
MK>board that has two small female 68-pin interfaces and want to have 
MK>one interface output to 68-pin and the other to 50-pin so it would 
MK>require a male 68-pin to 50-pin adapter cable.  I see a place in 
MK>California on eBay advertising they have scsii stuff oozing out of 
MK>their operation but thought I'd ask you first.  :-)

TW> The 68 pin internal ribbion cables should be easily obtainable.

Yeah,  though that bus being able to support up to 15 drives it's surprising 
how difficult (and how expensive) it is to get those with more than 3-4 
connectors on them.  I have a DPT card that supports *only* that connector and 
am planning a RAID setup with it,  but am also forced to use two separate 
cables,  one going out the back of the box to the "external" connector.

TW> They are not nearly as cheep as IDE cables though.

No doubt.

TW> I am not sure about the internal 68 to 50 cable though.

Never saw cables for that,  but adapters are out there.  The first SCSI drive I 
ran as a part of the bbs setup here (not working any longer for a while now) 
used a 68-pin connector and I had an adapter for it,  I also have one that goes 
the other way.

TW> There are a couple of SCSI experts here that hopefully that will 
TW> jump in.

No expert,  just some experience with the stuff...

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