Todd Russell wrote:
Hi to all,
I won a hard drive on eBay which was listed as a 50/68 pin SCSI, but when it arrived, it was 80 pin. I emailed the guy and he sent me a converter. The only catch is that the converter comes with no instructions other than jumper settings for SCSI ids. On one side, there is the connector that plugs into the 80 pin slot on the hd. The other side has a 50 pin slot, an 80 pin slot, a power plug, and the jumpers. Can I just plug in the 50 pin, power, set jumpers, and ignore the 80 pin? Or will that 80 pin need to be terminated? Also, which SCSI id should I use and what should I do about the SCSI id jumpers on the hard drive itself? Will the converter override the built-in?
Hi Todd.
You will need to use the converter
We run 80 pin drives in a few of the powermacs here without boot or any other sort of problems.
All you need to do is set your scsi ID, connect the converter then plug in the cables and you should be good to go. Try http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/family_cheetah.html if you need help with the jumper setting one the back.
The drive is a bit of overkill for a 68k machine or a powermac for that matter unless you can take advantage of a scsi card to really get some speed out of it. Try the swap list, I'm sure you could do a deal on a 50 pin drive to make the use of this drive easier, and make someone else happy. Couple of miles closer and I'd take you up on a swap.
Good luck, be worth trying just to see the differnce.
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