#SCSI Cables
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I just don't know why there would be a 40-pin SCSI connector when 50-pin is the
absolute standard. 40-pin may be SCSI-compatible, but, by definition, it isn't
really SCSI – it is somebody's proprietary system which uses SCSI protocol but
not standard SCSI connections, etc. Why people do things that way absolutely
mystifies me. Standard is standard is standard. Non-standard is a pain in the
*** expletive deleted. Pretty soon you'll have me ranting on about those
despicable non-standard SIMMS some folks use on Amiga boards …. Standards
exist for universal compatibility. I like standards.
Hmm.. IDE has 40 pins. Are you sure there is a 40 pin SCSI out there?
-larry
Oh, get him started on THAT! As soon as he figures out there is a 40 and
44 pin IDE cable, he'll REALLY go off! <g>
Chris – Fast and Low on my '020!
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Daniel:
I've seen lots of PC 'SCSI' CDROM drives that have 40 pin connectors on
both the drive & the 'SCSI' controller card that comes with it. If you
want to use the drive with a normal SCSI controller you have to buy a
special adapter cable that goes from 40 pin to 50 pin. Of course this
cable is an extra cost option. It's truly amazing on the PC how many
companies expect you to have no more than 1 device per SCSI controller in
the machine. Nikon's coolscan slide scanner is only certified to work with
their proprietary SCSI controller, and is supposed to be the only device
hooked to that controller. Of course the Mac version of the same scanner
is just hooked to the Mac's SCSI port like any other device would be. Oh,
and the device used in this example doesn't work with the Amiga's SCSI
according to Nikon.
// -Mike Schiller
\X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Mike,
Where the heck have you been?
Based on your activity here last year, I figure you owe us about 280 hours
of connect time in AmigaUser Forum alone! <g> Anyway… hope things
are well. How's your daughter?
Michael:
Well, I had a few problems with AutoPilot, and that kept me off for a
while, (they were solved by tightening up the loose nut at the keyboard!)
and I've been playing with my new toy a 486/66 running Windows. I gotta
tell you I'd like to stick with the Amiga, but software out there for the
clones is making it harder & harder! 2 of my buddies here as well as my
local dealer have jumped ship almost completely, going over to PCs. One in
particular within 1 week sold an A3000, an A2500, along with almost all
the software he owned for them, and went and bought a couple of PCs. He
still has a few things left, and I got quite a bit of excess hardware
laying around here, so I'll probably be posting a for sale message here
sometime soon. I still have basically the same setup as before on the PC,
I just switched from running Nextstep to DOS/Windows because NS has the
same problem as AmigaDOS, lack of software.
My daughter is doing great, she's too smart though, she keeps me on my
toes, as I can't get anything past her. One of the things I'm able to do
on the PC that I couldn't on the Amiga (although I should have been, the
Amiga's really a better machine for it) is getting the MPC games for my
daughter on CDROM, complete with sound, etc. It really gets me really mad
when I see all the neat stuff for PCs, knowing that the Amigas been able
to do this stuff years ago, just nobody took the time to really write GOOD
software for it.
One problem I've run into (and this isn't the first time) by being one of
those folks that likes to stay near the cutting edge of technology is that
my CDROM drive that I've been using on my Amiga is an older Chinon that is
single speed, single session, so I had to get a second CDROM for my PC. I
got a SoundBlaster Pro card that has a CDROM interface right on it, and
got one of their Panasonic CDROM drives hooked to it, and it works great.
Supposedly a real SCSI CDROM would be faster, I don't know, My friend has
a Texel SCSI CDROM on his PC, and it cost lots more than my sound card/
CDROM combo, and it doesn't run any faster. I still have my Chinon hooked
up to both the Amiga & the PC, via my common SCSI between them both (like
I've always had these machines connected.
While talking about Amigas & PCs, do you happen to know if it's possible
to read/write SyQuest cartridges that were formatted on the PC using
Adaptec's EasySCSI drivers on the Amiga? I've tried several of the
mountlists I've found here, and none of them seem to work quite right.
// -Mike Schiller
\X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Mike,
Sounds like you've been busy. I can't answer the syquest question…
don't use one. Maybe Chris Tolmie or sj can…
I have seen several 40 PIN SCSI connectors on various mechanisms. My
local electronics store has an adaptor to the 50 PIN centronics connector.
-Jonathan
// Amiga online via Autopilot. MAC Quadra 900 and
\\// 486 emulation. E-Mail: jonathanb@delrina.com