Ummm ... yep, I bought the Astra over fifteen years ago for a PC. Yes, it came with a SCSI card and cable to install in the PC. I have no idea who the manufacturer of the scanner's card was, but it worked well back then. No, I do not have THAT card any more, not that it apparently would make any difference if I had since evidently it was only for use in the PC. Yes, the G4 Sawtooth has a SCSI card in it already - I bought the G4 used a couple years ago and it came with the machine, I've never had anything to plug into it to see if the card is even functional. It is NOT a ribbon cable. It is an actual card with a connector that looks like this: http://www.ramelectronics.net/scsi_connectors.ep, eighth photo down, the HD50 Female connector. I have a USB zip drive so that ain't much of a help (grin) and besides, I don't need the CABLE. That part I have. What I need is something to connect it to the Mac's card. And nope, I ain't soldering anything - that's WAY too much work to put into this old scanner :-)
So I'm off to post in LEMswap and see if I can snag a cheapo adapter for under $10 - I'm willing to throw that at it and see what happens :) Thanks, Anna On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Doug McNutt <[email protected]>wrote: > There is something that doesn't make a lot of sense here. > > I don't think there ever was a peecee that used a DB25 connector for SCSI. > Only Apple ever did that and they shorted a bunch of grounds together while > violating SCSI rules of engagement. > > Was that scanner really a peecee parallel-port device? > > What is an HD50 connector? Do you mean a two row connector for a circuit > board as Apple used internally with a flat cable? Or is it a 50 bin blue > ribbon job from Amphenol? It's possible to solder from a DB25 to a DB-style > 50 pin connector but it's a real pain to do a high density 50 pin job. > > The Iomega folks used 25 pin SCSI connectors on its Zip drives. Their > pinout was the same as Apple's DB25's. Those cables ought to be all over the > place. I might even have one. > > The G4 Sawtooth used ATA 40 pin connections internally. There are PCI cards > for SCSI one of which which I assume you have installed. Did Astra supply > something like that with a DB25? I'd be surprised if it did for use with a > peecee. > > -- > > --> Halloween == Oct 31 == Dec 25 == Christmas <-- > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
