#Syquest cable->HD ctrlr
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I am thinking of adding an internal Syquest to my A2000 and already have a
Supra WordSync HD controller. The WordSync "card" has an external SCSI
connector, but I don't believe that it has an internal one as well – I
don't know – it has been a LONG time since I have looked at the card.
If there IS no internal SCSI connector for the WordSynch, I suppose that I
will have to route the Syquest (internal) SCSI cable through one of the
expansion slot knock-out panels in order to connect it to the WordSync.
Is this an accurate assumption?
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Jim,
Pretty accurate, but it will have to be 50 conductor ribbon connecting to
the internal SyQuest and I suppose you'll have to convert it to connect to
a round 50 to DB-25 for the WordSync. Probably best to make a ribbon cable
with 50 pin IDC female header and a Centronics 50 pin IDC coming out of
one of the open expansion slots or make a bracket to hold mount it. Then,
loop the Centronics 50 male to DB25 over to the SCSI port.
Chris
Chris,
Thanks for the info on the 50-wire ribbon cable. The WordSync has an
external SCSI connector, but what does the Syquest have?
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The Syquest bare-bones for internal mounting just has a fifty-pin male
header connector. You must use a ribbon cable to connect to it with a
fifty female IDC connector. IDC= Insulation Displacement Connector.
Jim,
Does the WordSync connect to an internal HD? If so, then simply have a
new ribbon cable made up that will daisy chain between the WordSync, the
original internal drive and then to your new Syquest.
Don
Not a bad idea: daisy chain my WordSync HD controller and a
(possible) Syquest internal. Something in the (foggy) cellar of my
'grey matter' stirs when thinking about that, as in, some kind of
problems with such a connection (maybe it was some old CIS messages
trying to resurface?).
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Jim,
I daisy chain from the internal connector of my Series II via 50-conductor
ribbon to an internal 100 MB hard disk and then from there to an internal
syquest and the ribbon continues out the back of the A2000 to a fifty
conductor female IDC that is connected to another ribbon going to an
external 80MB Seagate used with AMAX. The 25 pin external connector is
connected to an external box via a DB-25 to Centronics 50 and it houses
the Wangtek and another SyQuest 44.
Chris
Chris,
Uh – yeh – where's you connection to the NASA drive on Mars go to? 😉
P.S. Thanks for the "routing" information 🙂
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Jim,
Ahh, no connection to the N/\S/\ drive on Mars, but I do have another SCSI
controller connected via round cable to another expansion box with a full
height 5.25 inch ST-506 hard drive and then a ribbon cable that goes up to
suspended drop ceiling and snakes along about eighteen feet over to other
side of room and back down to where my SCSI laser printer is sitting.
Chris
A laser printer on a SCSI port ?? Which printer ? Which driver ? CAn I connect
a SCSI scanner on a SCSI port ? With wich driver ?
Massimo,
Sorry, but no, you can't have a SCSI printer or scanner on your system. I
have both on mine. I bought this hardware from a company that folded up a
long time ago. Only way I know for you to get this stuff is to buy it used
from someone like me, and it is not for sale.
The hardware is now orphaned, no support and no chance to replace the PAL
chip on the SCSI controller that has the code for the LazerXpress printer
and scanner. Hopefully, (if I'm careful) the chips will stay stable as
well as continue working as the AmigaOS continues to evolve, but I fear
eventually I'll have to replace both the printer and scanner with more
current products. I will hate to give up my LazerXpress printer. It works
so well with Pagestream's latest version. It actually prints faster I
think than a postscript printer would, the same document, although it is a
little less in quality.
Chris
Chris,
Of course you can have scanner on the SCSI port. It works just fine.
Vic,
Well this is a new development for me. I thought I was only one of a small
group using SCSI scanners on Amiga.
I stand corrected,
Chris
Massimo,
Chris is wrong about the scanner, at least. You *can* have one, if it is
an HPIIc. ASDG makes a driver that works with this scanner and a SCSI
adapter that supports SCSI Direct commands (most of the more recent
cards).
You can get more information from the ASDG section in AmigaVend.
Jonathan, via AutoPilot // Entombed in ice
\\// and snow in Albany, NY
Jonathan,
Glad to hear there are more SCSI scanners available for the Amiga. I
hadn't heard of any until your post. Everything else has always been
Parallel port. Now if we could just get the SCSI printers to work without
the CLtd controller and someone would write the virtual page software for
all amigans to use we'd have some pretty nifty and quick output of very
large bitmaps at 300 dpi.
Chris
You can use ANY SCSI device as long as you have the software to drive it.
Anyone know where I can get software to drive a Sharp JX-320??
Elite MicroComputers – via Whap!
Dave,
Check with both ASDG and Metadigm.
ASDG supports it…but only through GPIB boards
MetaDigm…if this is the company that Oscar Shearer used to work at…then
not at the moment, but maybe it the future.
No biggie….just would make DTP a bit easier.
Elite MicroComputers – via Whap!
Dave,
I was being pragmatic…the only SCSI/Scanner/Driver combo I know of is
the ASDG HP driver, although I think they do or did support the JX-320 in
some fashion.
Jonathan, via AutoPilot // Entombed in ice
\\// and snow in Albany, NY
Jonathan,
Metadigm (Vic Wagner) also has SCSI scanner support for the Amiga.
Michael,
Thanks for reminding me about Metadigm's support!
Jonathan, via AutoPilot // Entombed in ice
\\// and snow in Albany, NY
Chris
SHEESH – why don't ya just wire your entire house (or whatever), and
then, simply plug into the wall (course, you would need a BUNCH of plugs,
the way it sounds that you are going)?
When are you gonna try hooking up to your neighbor's/friend's drive via
satellite? I'd like to hear how that works out 😉
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that you had a "scavenger cable" hanging
out of your car, so you could "hook up" to whatever passed by (heh – gimme
that data!).
P.S. JUST KIDDING
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Jim,
Funny you should mention wiring my house. As a matter of fact I DID wire
my house. I built it, contracted it myself, and supervised the carpentry
and mechanicals. The lighting is all controlled by modules that replaced
light switches and receptacles. A small box is connected to the serial
port of an old A1000 and is programmed by the amiga to operate the
security lights. The floods come on at irregular times to prevent a set
pattern, they dim, brighten, dim and shutoff each night in a random
pattern. Same for certain interior lighting, but an odd light in different
rooms on a random day pattern also comes on and off in a 'security' type
pattern (no real pattern). Gives it that someone's in there look.
Chris
Chris,
Hmm – interesting. Are ya gonna do any more wiring for "networking" (or
just "driving") ?
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Jim,
All you have to be concerned about is that you get the termination
right, that is…terminate the last drive on the daisy chain and remove the
termination from the other drive. And, of course, make sure the SCSI ID's are
different.
Don
Don,
Right – I will have to remove the termination resistor from the
WordSync, and the Supra manual is pretty good at locating that animal. Do
you know if the Syquest comes with decent documentation?
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