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What SCSI cable?

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First post, by Camtheman

Posted on 2018-03-22, 17:18

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So I’ve got this SCSI adapter, what cable/adapter do I need to connect “normal” 50 pin SCSI drives?

https://www.amazon.com/IBM-11H7660-DIFFERENTI … R/dp/B016YKFLQM

Early 90s: IBM PS/2 Server 95/A, Pentium 66, 16MB RAM, XGA-2, IBM SCSI Corvette, SCSI2SD, 3 Com EtherLink III MCA, Resound 2 AdLib MCA
Late 90s: Micron Millenia MXE, ABIT VH6-II, Coppermine 1ghz, 1024MB, Voodoo 5 5500 PCI, GUS Max 2.1, 128GB SATA PNY SSD

Reply 1 of 3, by Disruptor

Posted on 2018-03-22, 18:35

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You first need a converter from Differential-Wide-SCSI (HVD!) to Single-Ended-Wide-SCSI.
Then you need a converter from Wide-SCSI to Narrow-SCSI.
Then you need a narrow SCSI cable.

Reply 2 of 3, by dionb

Posted on 2018-03-22, 18:42

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Note that the 68p wide to 50p narrow converter is simple & dirt cheap, but HVD to SE is non-trivial (i.e. possibly expensive but certainly rare). TBH you'd be better off finding HVD drives. 4.3GB Seagate HVD was particularly common.

LVD is backwards-compatible with SE, HVD was not...