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- From: slider
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 SCSI chain: help me
- Date: 24 Jan 1996 20:09:45 GMT
- Organization: Jay Miner........Father of great things and a true engineering visionary...he is sorely missed around the world
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- -> Jeff Grimmett <jgrimm@sdd.hp.com> writes:
- -> gruel@hondo.cyberverse.com (Nick) wrote:
- ->
- -> >Jeff...what I was really after was whether or not I can remove the
- -> >original ribbon completely and replace it with another ribbon with all
- -> >SCSI-II connectors, arranged such that it has one end long enough to reach
- -> >the empty floppy bay - without having to worry whether or not the SCSI-II
- -> >connectors (assuming the original ribbon has SCSI-I connectors) will
- -> >interact properly with the built in controller.
- ->
- -> I didn't state that clearly, but what I was implying is that I do not
- -> believe you'd FIND SCSI-II IDC connectors for your ribbon cable, or if
- --> you do, they will look suspiciosly like SCSI-I connectors. The drives
- ->- are pin-compatable.
- ->
- -> SCSI-II WIDE on the other hand....
- ->
- -> >Whew...run on, run on. :)
- ->
- -> You fit right in around here :-)
- ->
- ->
- ->
- ->
- ******Note he was asking about the internal connectors*****
- There is no NO difference between SCSI-I and SCSI-II internal INTERNAL
- connecting cables. Both are 50 connector straight thru with 50pin IDS
- connectors on each end. The difference between SCSI-I and II is with the
- devices only, with SCSI-II having better throughput than SCSI-I and supporting of
- course more commands for the improved speed and different options. Now there have
- been a couple flavors of external connectors between SCSI-I and SCSI-II, but the internal
- connectors have always been 50 connector straight thru wired with 50pin IDS
- connectors on each end.
- laterzzzz.
- James Vigliotti
- slider@ccnet.com
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