SCSI-ness

Adam McDougall mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu
Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:02:38 -0400 (EDT)


I am pretty sure its the opposite of what you said, according to his
information and what most scsi devices and cables look like...

> ADR-50 Tape Drive that I need to install in a machine. The connector on
the
> Onstream is the 68 Pin high density type....
...
> And the cable that is sitting inside my
> machine is waiting to accept a connector (Female)...



On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Sean wrote:

> I think its male on the drive and male on the 50-pin cable. The
> determining factor would be the outside not the pins themselves. 
> so you would need a 50F<->68F adapter. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Adam McDougall wrote:
> 
> > Are you certain that the drive itself is male? I am pretty for for 68 pin
> > stuff the cable connectors are male and the drive female... at least mine
> > are.
> > 
> > On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Matt Fuerst wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello all!
> > > 
> > > I have what should be a relatively simple question. I have an Onstream
> > > ADR-50 Tape Drive that I need to install in a machine. The connector on the
> > > Onstream is the 68 Pin high density type....
> > > 
> > > 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)...
> > > 
> > > What I am thinking I need is a 68 pin female to 50 pin male adaptor.. is
> > > that right? I hope I have explained the situation enough for you to properly
> > > visualize this.
> > > 
> > > I look at this adapter
> > > http://www.cyberguys.com/cgi-bin/sgin0101.exe?UID=2000042515272922&GEN9=5CG0
> > > 1&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&T1=131+1630&UREQA=1&UREQB=2&UREQC=3&UREQD=4
> > > and it looks like the 68 pin side won't accept the male-ness of my tape
> > > drive.
> > > 
> > > I look at this adapter
> > > http://www.cyberguys.com/cgi-bin/sgin0101.exe?UID=2000042515272922&GEN9=5CG0
> > > 1&PAGLEN=10&FNM=00&T1=131+1640&UREQA=1&UREQB=2&UREQC=3&UREQD=4
> > > and it looks like the 50 pin side won't plug into the cable that already
> > > exists in the machine on the SCSI chain.
> > > 
> > > Can anyone help me on this? Do I just have to buy one of these adapters and
> > > then buy a gender changer for it or something?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for anyhelp!
> > > 
> > > Matt
> > > 
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