Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 20:46:02 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Aled Morris <aledm@routers.co.uk> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple SCSI question Message-ID: <199611010446.UAA18882@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 31 Oct 96 19:05:20 %2B0000. <199610311905.TAA18469@deputy.pavilion.co.uk>
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>At 10:58 31/10/96 -0800, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
>>>Is it OK to mix Wide (e.g. Barracuda HDD) and non-Wide (e.g. CD-ROM)
>>>devices on a single bus?
>>On most modern adapters, you get three connectors: internal narrow,
>>internal wide, and external wide. You can connect devices to two of
>>the three, but not all three at the same time (or else the termination
>>will be screwed up).
>The SCSI adaptor I have is built in to the motherboard (so no "external"
>connector as such) and I believe there is only one IDC type connector for
>the SCSI bus.
>I thought wide and narrow devices had the same connector?
They couldn't be much more different (internal connector, anyway).
Just one of the differences is that "normal" (narrow/8-bit) SCSI is
50-pin, and wide (16-bit) SCSI is 68-pin.
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