At 15:19 -0800 03/31/2003, David R wrote: >Ok, I've got one of those questions. I just picked up an 18gig IBM >Ultrastar 'Ultra3' SCSI drive for my machine. Cept, I wasn't told it was >ultra3 when I bought it. It's got a pretty strange looking connector plug >and CLEARLY won't work with standard scsi cable. Looks like a great quality >drive though for what that's worth... > >So, is is possible to use this drive with some form of adapter? If so, can >somebody inform me of the type/name? Or does this drive require a >completely separate card? Or worst case scenario, is it even compatible on >our machines? Thnx
You probably got stuck with an 80 pin SCA drive. Send it back if you can. The 80 pin drives are not worth the hassle. You can buy adapters for them, even high quality adapters, but the nature of such an adapter leads to termination issues unless you are very conversant with SCSI termination. If it will be the only drive on the SCSI chain, you can just enable termination, put it at the end of the chain, and it will probably work. Otherwise, I think it's a big gamble on whether you'll get it working reliably. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
