> From: C Shore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > James Fraser wrote: >> on 8-24-05 1:04 PM, Alan Roberts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> That's right. I recall people looking for the elusive 68-pin adapters and, >> IIRC, they are expensive and hard to find. Since this is something I >> haven't needed before, though, I haven't paid close attention to it. If my >> assertion is wrong, (someone) please correct me. Does anyone have a >> ballpark price range for these cables? > > I use http://www.mcpb.com. The website has pictures and short > descriptions of all the adopters etc that they carry. > > They have pretty much any SCSI adapter you can think of. If you're > going from 68-pin to 50-pin the price of the adaptor depends on the > drive. Some drives require high-byte termination which costs ~$25 while > smaller drives often just use the $15 adaptor. > > That's for the internal adapters...
Yes, you either need to get very specific about the HD or lucky to get the right adaptor. Recent experience of SCSI trouble finally made me exasperated with the 80 to 50 adaptor I had for an 7200 18G HD. I could not get proper termination with it, there were no obvious means to do this. I had no clue whether jumping the drive itself (there was provision for active termination) was the thing to do or whether this somehow interfered with the adaptor? No matter what I did with this adaptor on, I had trouble with its working with the CD (the only other thing on the chain). I tried putting the CD at the end of the chain and terminating the CD but I still got trouble. This was how I solved the problem in a practical way, with not a clue about anything really: I put an unnecessary HD that I was confident could be jumpered to terminate at the end of the chain after the 18 HD. My machine is rock solid again. Moral: either nail every single spec down and get quality adaptor and specific instructions (difficult) or trial and error till everything works right without a clue what is really going on (much easier really) David Elmo -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
