From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 30 2: 6:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk (dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk [194.203.69.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6955D37B402; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 02:06:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from pfrench by mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16VrdZ-000CD7-00; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:06:41 +0000 To: joel_carnat@yahoo.fr, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microtech USB6SCSI Cable - working well ? Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20020130091512.47381.qmail@web20806.mail.yahoo.com> Message-Id: From: Pete French Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:06:41 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > - what would be the diff between the DB25 (female) > and the HD50 (male) version ? I mean, is there a HD50 is the normal standard SCSI-2 connector (narrow). A very few manufacturers (Apple being the main culprit) put 25 way D connectors on the back of SCSI kit for reasons best known to themselves, which is what the other one is for. Best is to avoid such non-standard monstrosities like the plague. > - (for those who have it ;) will any SCSI drive fit That depends on the enclosure, not the drive. Any drive can be placed in an enclosure with an HD50 connector on the back - thoughif you have a wide drive you will get half the speed as yu only have an 8 bit bus not a 16 bit one. -pcf. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message