On Jan 15, 12:13 pm, Len Gerstel <lgers...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 15, 2013, at 12:53 PM, t...@prismnet.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 13, 4:41 pm, Len Gerstel <lgers...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Beiges have onboard 50 pin SCSI. Just get one of the SCA to 50 pin > >> adapters and plug into the fully supported onboard scsi on the > >> beige. These adapters are available on ebay for under $5 shipped. > >> I am sure you can easily beat this on the swap list. This adapters > >> are just wiring/plug adapters with no (IIRC) electronic > >> conversions. So they all should work with no compatibility problems. > > >> I ran many sca drives in my beiges with those adapters with never > >> any problems. > > > Those cheap adapter do not have any provision for termination, so it > > may have worked for you, but your SCSI chain was not properly > > configured, unless you put some other device at the end of the cable > > to provide termination. I agree with everything else you wrote. > > Sorry, all the cheap ones I purchased did have a place for a jumper > for termination. And I did use multiple SCA drives in my beige G3 > tower, 9600 and 9500.
Do you remember where you got them? Part number? I would dearly like to get some $5 SCA<=>50 pin adapters with termination. There are a bunch of 2.5" SCSI drives available now in the ~$10 range would would make nice little drives in older machines, if affordable adapters with termination could be found. Jeff Walther -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
