brook@cs.utexas.edu (Brook Milligan) (05/06/89)
How consistent are SCSI interface products (mainly disk and tape drives)
from different manufacturers? Are the differences more than just the
connectors? As far as I can tell each machine has a different connector,
but can one make adaptor cables and mix devices? Is the electrical
interface consistent enough for drivers to work successfully with many
devices? I have tried to summarize some of the connector types below.
Can anyone fill in the blanks?
IBM PC's (Western Digital boards) Centronics 50 pin socket
Mac's Centronics 50 pin socket
Sun DB50 socket
Digital (DS3100) ?
Apollo ?
Next ?
HP ?
. . .
Thanks for your help. Please respond via email.
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====================================================================bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys) (05/11/89)
In article <12488@ut-emx.UUCP> ut-emx!brook@cs.utexas.edu (Brook Milligan) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 271, message 12 of 18 >How consistent are SCSI interface products (mainly disk and tape drives) >from different manufacturers?... Building up the table a little further: host box peripheral box -------- -------------- IBM PC Centronics 50? Centronics 50? Apple Macintosh DB25 Centronics 50 mostly Apple LaserwriterNTX Centronics 50 Centronics 50 SUN-3, old SUN-4 DB50 DB50 new SUN-4, (SUN-3/80?) Miniature 50 ??? Digital DECstation3100 Miniature 50 Centronics 50 By the "Miniature 50" I mean the type of connector on the Mercury cable set for the Xylogics 753 controller: I think it's a ZIF connector, and it's got spring-loaded clamps on the sides of the connector.