| From: | Richard Tapp |
| Date: | 28 Aug 2000 at 13:15:57 |
| Subject: | Re: SCSI 68pin HD |
Hello Richard (great name by the way),
>Jonathan Hart wrote:
>> I'm thinking of buying it but need to know if it will work OK with a
>> 50-68pin adaptor with my BlizzardPPC SCSI interface. The seller said he
>> would supply an adaptor for an extra ���£5. I've heard IBM's are seriously
>> good so would it work?
>
>Yes. I ran my a1200 bvppc from a pair of barracuda's using the same kind
>of adaptor for months,
I have purchased a new Seagate Barracuda 18.2GB drive but unfortunately it
has a "Ultra Wide" SCSI connector on it, which incorporates data and power
into the one connector ("hot plug"?). I spent all day Saturday going to
different small local computer shops and even major electronics stores to
try and find a converter to go down to SCSI-II (for the Blizzard 1240 SCSI)
and 4-pin power, but without any luck. I had a look on the Seagate website
and see that this exact drive also comes in a SCSI-II version, but seeing as
I have bought the UW-SCSI version for such a good price (AU$550 as opposed
to $750 new) I figured the adaptor would be worth hunting down, but I can't
find one! One shop says that they don't even exist, and another shop says
he can get one in for me in a week (so I'm sitting on my hands typing this
and waiting....)
I was just wondering if your Barracudas are 68pin??? I need to convert from
the UW-SCSI (80pin?) down to the 50pin SCSI-II, and separate power, whereas
you just had to convert from 68-pin down to 50-pin?!?!
Regards,
Richard.
Sydney, Australia.
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