From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 17 19:26:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA27914 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:26:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA27909 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:26:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0xBWDQ-0006Ai-00; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:21:12 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:21:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom To: Chuck Robey cc: Brett Glass , FreeBSD-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI3 cables In-Reply-To: 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, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > 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? > > > > SCSI wide does not require that kind of "care", nor does SCSI-II, but > > ultra SCSI does. The clock rate is doubled, and cable quality is > > important. > > > > For me, buying a $150 cable for a $15K server is really good deal, and > > much better than pissing around for days getting rid of SCSI errors... but > > not everyone builds $15K boxes. > > I was going to wait until I located a discounter to post this, but maybe I > shouldn't wait. I had the wrong web page, I was looking at the one for > scsi external cabless. The internal cable I think I'll get (as soon as I > find a discount place that sells Granite Digital, I've been told they > exist) will only cost 86 bucks, full price. It's a lot for the > application (which isn't a 15K server) but not as outrageous as I > thought, for good quality. You never said in your original message whether you wanted internal or external. Since you quote the external price, I guess that's you wanted :) Granite Digital will custom make internal cables. You basically tell them the distance between each connector. Some applications require specific distances between each device for some signalling requirements. > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > 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! > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > Tom