Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 07:31:16 -0500 (CDT) From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) To: dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Cc: tpalmer@riverdale.edu, Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 & 1542 Message-ID: <199605171231.HAA21123@astro.acs.uswest.com> In-Reply-To: <199605170038.RAA28705@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at May 16, 96 05:38:18 pm
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In a previous message, Doug White said: > > > Why 2 SCSI cards indeed - the only reason is the 2940 has only the > > 68(?) pin wide SCSI external connector, and I figured a free 1542 would be > > cheaper than a cable to make the connector transition to DB25 or > > centronics-type devices. This machine is running other operating systems, > > and I like my Zip drive. This connector thing is rather silly, really. > > Huh. I don't claim to be a SCSI expert either, especially on new hardware. Are you sure the 2940 has a 68 pin and not a SCSI-2 50 pin? If it's a 50 pin, then a Iomega Zip should work with a simple cable, that wouldn't be too expensive. If it's 2940W then that's a SCSI-3 device, which I think UltraWide is another name for. SCSI-3 is supposed to be backward compatible with SCSI-2. The cable could be expensive. > > I have to say that I remain confused about the various SCSI > > variants - my hard drive is a Seagate 32550, which Seagate calls fast/wide. > > Where does UltraWide fit in? > > I would have no clue. > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com A skydiver is taken by the gravity of his situation.
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