10 Aug
2012
10 Aug
'12
10:18 a.m.
On Aug 10, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Ray Arachelian wrote:
On 08/10/2012 09:59 AM, James wrote:
You can always use one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/SCA-80-PIN-SCSI-ADAPTER/dp/B0058V1UWS (well the
appropriate one for your situation)
Off the top of my head: using a 50 pin drive on a 68 pin machine means
you slow down and lose the ID range, but using a 68 pin drive in a 50
pin machine is fine long as you keep the ID from 0-6.
They are nicely cross-compatible, but it is worth noting that the
fast/wide LVD (low-voltage differential) drives are totally
incompatible with anything else, much like the HVD is incompatible
with single-ended signaling. Otherwise, 68-pin and 50-pin are
pretty much interworkable, and the 80-pin SCA is just a hot-swap
socket with power pins in it.
Someone more versed in SCSI than I might be able to answer this a
little better, though: what's the major difference between SCA and
SCA2? I've found scant information on it, but I have a feeling
it's what's keeping my SCA adaptor from working with my SCA disks
(one of them is SCA2, and I can't remember which).
- Dave
Totally
fixable. At worst it might need a new hard drive. IIRC the 43p
used 68-pin SCSI LVD
drives so that shouldn't be SO hard to fix.
Depends on the model. Mine uses the 50-pin drive.