On Sunday, March 24, 2002, at 09:40 AM, Andrew Michael MacTao wrote:
> Mark "nanny" Benson replied:
>> Definitely the other way around. The SCSI Out is DB-25 so you can use a
>> standard Mac->SCSI device cable rather than a special SCSI-Centronics
>> 50-pin daisy chain cable. It was a 'make your life easier' trick most
>> ppl did on scanners, HP included.
>
> Either way, it is a pleasant surprise. It means I can use cables &
> terminators I already have.
As I explained above this is the whole idea. It saves buying yet another
cable. The only sod being most Hard Disks and CD-ROM/CD-RW droves didn't
use this stunt so if you had any of those you had to ge the 50-pin to
50-pin cable to daisy-chain.
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