From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Nov 21 17:18:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA01196 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:18:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA01186 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:18:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-67.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.67]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id TAA24385; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:18:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA22337; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:27:56 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199711220027.SAA22337@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Timothy J Luoma cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org From: David Kelly Subject: Re: SCSI chain problems (probably me) In-reply-to: Message from Timothy J Luoma of "Thu, 20 Nov 1997 22:47:47 EST." <199711210347.WAA16335@luomat.peak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:27:56 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Well it's not entirely meaningless, since I have ordered cables and gotten > them by using that reference. Could be they just knew what I was talking > about even if it wasn't technically correct (or what most people wanted > > However, I believe what I was calling a ``SCSI-2'' is 50-pin ``micro scsi''. > > The ``SCSI-1'' connector is the Centronics (big wide thing with side clips). Marketing and technical accuracy have nothing to do with each other. You can also buy, "SCSI-3" cables. Yet last time I looked everybody was still arguing about what SCSI-3 was. When you order a "SCSI-3" cable, you get a wide cable with the micro connector. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.