| From: | Mark Bond |
| Date: | 26 Oct 2000 at 10:58:53 |
| Subject: | Re: SCSI Hard Drives - Any types we can't use? |
> Sorry to trouble you all with more questions about hard drives, but I'm
looking to replace my Seagate SCSI hard drive, which hangs of a 50pin
BlizzPPC SCSI controller. Looking at the bewildering array of drives on
Dabs, can anybody say which drives you cannot use on a Blizzard PPC SCSI
controller.
>
> >From the looks of things, you can't mix LVD 68pin devices with SCSI-1 or
SCSI-2
> devices, which is a shame as http://www.dabs.com have some nice IBM
drives. I can accept buying an adaptor to convert a 68pin scsi interface to
the 50pin connectors on my SCSI cable, but I don't want to waste money
buying a drive that I can't use.
>
> Also, do the 68pin --> 50pin adaptors include termination for the 18pins
which
> are not in use on the SCSI bus?
>
Well I'm using a 68 pin drive (converted with a black plastic converter
bought from Pcworld) on a blizzard `060 SCSI-II with SCSI-II devices on the
chain. It all works fine. (its a fujitsu 9.1GB drive).
mark
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