Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:58:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: Dan Strick <dan@math.berkeley.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI3 cables Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970919004346.10364B-100000@hobbes.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <199709190107.SAA26720@math.berkeley.edu>
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On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Dan Strick wrote: > The "high quality" SCSI cables sold by Granite Digital and other > companies seem rather pricey. I think they are taking excessive > advantage of a SCSI FUD factor resulting from SCSI errors caused > by end-user ignorance and cable vendor behavior verging on > outright fraud. For example, many end-users think nothing about ...etc I tend to agree. Although the very expensive cables usually ARE good cables, you don't necessarily need to spend a fortune. Personally, I like to keep some good 50 and 68 pin cable on hand and a couple packages of IDC connectors. That way I can whip up a cable for how ever many drives, with whatever spacing I require. Of course, it isn't quite as simple for external cables. :) Luckily most of the time I'm linking in chains of hard disks, or CD-ROMS. Now if I could just figure out why the 5 CD-ROMS on an NCR 810 controller (ASUS SC-200) go WILD when they are probed, but the SCSI tape drive works fine (6th device) since I changed motherboards from a Gigabyte 486 board to an ASUS TX97-E... They worked before, but go NUTS now. I had to disconnect them all before they self destructed. :) SCSI CAN be fun sometimes. :) Later...... <Doug>
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