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- From: gruel@hondo.cyberverse.com (Nick)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 SCSI chain: help me
- Date: 21 Jan 1996 23:52:56 GMT
- Organization: Cyberverse Online
- Message-ID: <4dujko$js8@rodelo.cyberverse.com>
- References: <Pine.HPP.3.90.960117002229.16484A-100000@bologna.nettuno.it> <4drqv7$phq@rapidnet.com> <4du362$ao6@engr.orst.edu>
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- In article <4du362$ao6@engr.orst.edu>,
- >
- >This was not true with my A3000. An internal SCSI ribbon cable needs
- >all female connectors. The one C= supplied in my A3000 had 2 female
- >and one male connectors. The mail connector was on the end, about
- >1" from the female connector going into the original harddrive. The
- >intention seemed to be that the user would buy a cable which was set up
- >for one SCSI drive (about 6-10 inches long) and plug it into the end
- >(male) of the supplied cable.
-
- This is true in my A3000 as well. When I bought a second drive I was
- totally mystified as to how the hell you were supposed to arrange these
- in the case using that stupid cable. Not to mention the end connector
- faces the backplane and is too short to be twisted so you can piggyback
- two low profile drives.
-
- I wonder how much more it would have cost to just supply a proper 3
- connector ribbon, long enough to put a second HD in the free floppy bay.
-
- -Nick
-