rodger@hpdml93.HP.COM (Rodger Anderson) (01/17/89)
>/ hpdml93:comp.sys.amiga / jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) / 3:08 pm Jan 8, 1989 / >[ Stupid LineEater Joke ... ] > I just bought a MiniScribe 8051S hard drive for my Amiga. It is supposed >to be a 40 Meg, 28 ms, 3.5", SCSI drive. I want to connect it to my A2090 >controller, but I lack certain vital information. The drive arrived with NO >documentation at all. I have a technical manual on order, but I hope that >someone out there in net.land can provide some of the installation details. Ok. > It has a 50 pin (I think, I didn't count...) connector on the back of >the drive similar to that on the A2090 board. Is there a standard pinout for >SCSI drives? [Enter dream mode...] Is it the same as that on the A2090. Yes. If you don't count what a certain fruit company did to SCSI, the 50 pin connector is standard (*). >(i.e. can I just connect a 50 wire cable 'straight throught' from the >controller to the drive?) If not, can someone provide the proper pinouts for >the drive? What do the various pin connectors on the bottom of the drive do? You should be able to connect a 50 pin ribbon connector from your drive to the 50 pin connector (not the DB-25) on the 2090 board. It would be easier if you are mounting your drive inside your 2000. I don't know what the "various pin connectors" do, but they are probably configuration jumpers. Someone who knows about 8051S's will have to answer this one. > Thank you, (*) The actual `standard' SCSI connector looks like a 50 pin version of a centronics connector, but not very many of the little computers seem to use this. >-- > Jim Pritchett > UUCP: killer!gtmvax!dms3b1!caleb!jdp >---------- -- Rodger Anderson (rodger@hpdml93) or(rodger%hpdml93@hplabs.hp.com)