[inbox] RE: SCSI mixed 50 and 68 pin question.

[Greg Neumann]

Thanks, Mark. I'll check 'em out. Right now, I'm building Jabberd 2.0s2 
to see if I can get an internal Jabber server running again. Yeah, nice 
to have Linux at work again! :-D
-Greg

Mark Musone wrote:
> You can get an adaptec 2940UW scsi card for around $5.00 on ebay.
> It's well supported under linux and has both 50 and 68 pin connectors..
> 
> I even think (I could be wrong) that they are electrically separate,
> meaning that they will both work in their optimum speeds (don't quote me
> on it, it's been a while)
> 
> Theres actually some on ebay right now for $2.50 ending in about 30
> min..
> 
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of
> Greg Neumann
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:18 PM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: [inbox] RE: SCSI mixed 50 and 68 pin question.
> 
> Hmmm... Well, another card sounds too expensive for me to pursue any 
> further. Don't know where, but I somehow had the impression that 16 bit 
> devices (my HD's) would care not a bit (ha ha!) about whether 8 bit 
> devices were on the same cable or not. Probably because they will work 
> on the same cable w/ proper adapters.
> I don't want to slow down the drive transfer rates. The 40 mb/sec burst 
> is just too sweet to sacrifice. The only card I have laying around is an
> 
> EISA (remember that??) that I believe was used to boot a small server 
> ca. 1994. It HAS to have boot bios on it. May be worth a look-see. I 
> have one ISA slot, but I'm not sure I want to use it on my otherwise all
> 
> PCI setup. Wow! Ancient hardware is such a learning experience!
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> -Greg Neumann
> 
> Dennis Ruzeski wrote:
> 
> 
>>Yes there are adapters, but the bus will only go as fast as the
> 
> slowest thing connected. My suggestion is to get a card with no boot
> bios to control the tape and cdrom.
> 
>>--Dennis
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Greg Neumann [mailto:dadneumann at adelphia.net]
>>Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 12:21 PM
>>To: nflug at nflug.org
>>Subject: SCSI mixed 50 and 68 pin question. [bcc][faked-from]
>>Importance: Low
>>
>>
>>I recently got a cast off Pentium "server". It has a dat tape drive
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> and 
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>>a CD-ROM ... both SCSI, both 50 pin w/ cable to connect them to a 
>>controller. The only SCSI controller I have is an on board Adaptec 
>>AIC-7880 68 pin already happily supporting the 2 SCSI drives I have 
>>running Slackware 9.1. I was hoping to find a 50 pin connector on the 
>>motherboard to connect these 2 items, but no such luck - too old, I
> 
> guess.
> 
>>Is there a way to connect these buggers using something to connect the
> 
> 
>>50 pin cable to the 68 pin cable I have?
>>It seems to me that such a setup might screw up the termination by 
>>having a "branch line", but it would be easier as all I'd need is a 
>>single adapter rather than a whole new cable and then more adapters
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> for 
> 
>>the 50 pin devices (I don't have that many free plugs on the cable).
>>Sometimes I think I should write the "HOWTO run Linux on leftover 
>>hardware because you can't afford anything else." HOWTO! ;-)
>>Probably why I like Slackware, because it still installs on archaic 
>>hardware!
>>Thanks, guys!
>>Greg Neumann
>>
>>
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