CompuServe Thread

A4091 Controller

3 messages in this thread
#104848From: Joanne DowJun 25, 1993 4:27 AM
Person who try to use DB-25 on SCSI-II is person asking for worlds of hurt pain suffering and general headaches. At the VERY least get one with all 50 wires up to the DB-25 end. Note that the DB-25 abortion is *NOT* repeat *NOT* an approved SCSI connector for ANY revision of SCSI except that residing in Macinheads. {+_+}
#104971From: Paul HigginbottomJun 25, 1993 11:32 PM
Right. As I'm sure you know, the purpose for having 50 pins on SCSI (and all ribbon cables) is to get a ground between EVERY signal. The 50 pin "DB-like" connector is a high density connector, similar in nature to a VGA connector, which is NOT a DB-15, but has 15 pins in a DB-9 size shell, again, as you know! I'm glad you've jumped in the pool on the issue of drive speeds and other SCSI myths. Thanks! Hopefully your credibility will be greater than my biased view from a third party developer 🙂 🙂 Paul.
#104980From: Jonathan HirschmanJun 25, 1993 11:53 PM
Joanne, Actually, it was SCSI-II <–> Centronics connector. Does that combo offend you? For some strange reason, the Texel SCSI-2 CD-ROM uses the "old" style connector. //Jonathan, \\//via AutoPilot