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Dave, I didn't realize that Jim Carlton had suggested caution about the 1 MB version of the Graphite. I think I would really want the 2 MB version anyway, though. Only problem is the higher cost. If you can trade up your motherboard for an EISA/VLB model, that's probably a good idea. VLB seems pretty hot right now, and the performance clearly leads the field. EISA peripheral controllers are expensive, though. Last EISA SCSI host I bought was an UltraStor 24F, which cost about $450. It could be a little less now, and I think the Adaptec costs about the same. I believe Ultrastor may also have a VLB SCSI host now. Might be worth asking. Your Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM just has one kind of connector on it, for 50-pin ribbon cable connectors. However, there's a limit to how long a ribbon cable can be before you get into problems. The standard way to do external SCSI boxes is with a shielded 50-wire cable, usually using a centronics connector. For this you would mount two centronics connectors on the back of the case, one on each end of the internal daisy-chain ribbon cable. The shielded cable then runs back to the host adapter in the computer, and a terminator is installed on the other connector, unless yet another external cable goes to another box. You might get away with running ribbon cable from the computer to the external box, or you might not. Have you _seen_ the price of toys these days? <bg> -=Rob=-