SCSI-ness

Ben Pfaff pfaffben@msu.edu
25 Apr 2000 20:43:20 -0400


"Matt Fuerst" <fuerstma@msu.edu> writes:

> Unforuntely, we need some additional hardware since the machine we are
> installing it into has got SCSI built in, but the connector is the 50 pin,
> (low density?) type. The only other thing on that SCSI bus is the CD-ROM.
> 
> Allright, so I need a 68 --> 50 pin adaptor. But now comes the question of
> gender. The tape drive is meant to be plugged into a connector, so it is a
> male. (Aren't all internal drives?) And the cable that is sitting inside my
> machine is waiting to accept a connector (Female)...

Instead of buying an adapter, buy a new cable, one with a 68-pin
connector on one end and a 50-pin connector on the other end.
Computer Warehouse is a good local source of SCSI cables, BTW.