From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 17 16:46:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA19262 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:46:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA19247 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:45:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id TAA27918; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:45:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:45:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: Brett Glass cc: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI3 cables In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970917172634.00876190@mail.lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Brett Glass wrote: > Granite Digital is the best, and is not that expensive. I just checked their website, and their most inexpensive 3 foot 68 pin cable was $149. That's the single most expensive cable I've yet found, and costs quite a bit more than the controller. I didn't even look at their more expensive, sliver and gold cables. You may be right on their quality, but isn't that price a little overkill? Or does SCSI wide really need that kind of care? > > --Brett > > At 06:47 PM 9/17/97 -0400, chuckr@glue.umd.edu wrote: > > > > > > > > >Anyone know of a good place to get 68 pin wide scsi cables? I have some > >new Fujitsu drives, a new NCR 875 controller, and I don't have any cables > >to hook them up. I've done some netsearching, and found there's an > >incredible range of prices ... if anyone knows where inexpensive and good > >might intersect, I'd appreciate it. > >Thanks. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------