On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/19/2015 7:30 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > > > That might be kinda tough. SCSI cables were usually 15' or less because > of > > the SCSI signal strength limitations. You may have to get one of those > > specially made. > > cableclub.com will manufacture whatever you want, just about any > connector on either end, wired up how you want, and do it with molded > connectors with strain reliefs, as few as one piece, without charging a > fortune for it. > > Or at least they would some years ago when I needed a custom external > SCSI cable not available anywhere "off the rack". IIRC it was a DB25 to > HD50 to connect an external Magneto-Optical drive to a Macintosh. > Gregg, It wasn't so much the connector configuration, but the length of the SCSI cable, if one were looking to buy a standard 50 pin narrow SCSI cable. If memory serves me correctly, the optimal length for the SCSI chain was 15', so you don't find very many NOS 50 pin narrow SCSI cables longer than 15', unless you had one purpose made. mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
