From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 1 12:11:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA09962 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:11:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09952 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:11:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.11 #1) id 107Pgh-0003y2-00; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:11:16 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id UAA04108; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:10:32 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA09281; Mon, 1 Feb 99 20:10:29 GMT Message-Id: <36B609ED.2928CFC1@uk.radan.com> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 20:09:17 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "K. Marsh" Cc: "q's" Subject: Re: External SCSI device with internal SCSI adapter? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "K. Marsh" wrote: > > I have adaptec SCSI on my motherboard and an external SCSI Zip drive > gathering dust. Is there a way I can hook up both external AND internal > devices to the same internal SCSI adapter? > Well, I don't have a definitive answer but I'm in the process of trying exactly the same thing myself. I have a SCSI card with wide and narrow internal headers and a narrow external port. However I'm using both internal ones (wide for the HD and narrow for the CD) so I can't use the external one. I want to be able to use an external DAT drive that I can borrow from work so I've managed to get the bits to make up the following convertor. An 50-pin loop with 50 pin micro-D's out of an old external case, cut it in half and added a 50 pin _male_ connector (that took some finding). I plan to plug the last connector on the internal ribbon into this with the CD using the next to the last, mount the micro-D on the back of the case, un-terminate the CD and use an external terminator. In theory this should work. I'm hoping to try it out sometime this this week. I'll let you know how I get on. Meantime maybe this gives you something to try. > Kenneth J. Marsh University of Washington > durang@u.washington.edu Chemical Engineering > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message