On Thursday, October 11, James S Jones wrote: >The 8500 has 2 SCSI buses. The internal is Fast SCSI 2 (10 MB/sec), >using a standard 50-pin connector. The external is plain SCSI 2 (5 >MB/sec), using the same DB25 connector all Macs used from the Plus >through the beige G3s. You can connect 7 devices to each bus. Any SCSI 2 >(or later) compliant device should work, given an appropriate adapter, >as needed, but it will be limited by the speed of the bus. So, if you >connect a SCSI 3 Ultra Wide 160 hard drive to the internal chain with a >proper adapter, it should work, but only at 10 MB/sec, not the 160 >MB/sec the drive is capable of.
>I can send you the service manual PDF, off list, if you'd like. James, I sent the following to you off list but perhaps it got caught in a junk filter: Hi James, Thanks a million for the info, all is clear now. It's incredible how complex things can seem untill explained well. Yep, I would be delighted to get a copy of the service manual, and would be grateful if you could send me the PDF. Thanks again, Rich -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
