mikew@sdl.mdcbbs.com (Mike Whitaker) (06/26/91)
I'm not sure that this problem has a solution, but here goes, anyway: I have a MacPlus with standard Mac 25-way D SCSI port. Kicking arond unused at work we have a couple of Apollo 80M SCSI shoebox disks with the standard Apollo flat 36-way connector. Is hooking the two up simply a matter of the right piece of cable, or am I being naively optimistic? -- MikeW@sdl.mdcbbs.com \ "...there are some sincere people out there Mike Whitaker, Shape Data Ltd, \ who just happen to worship a different Cambridge, ENGLAND +44-223-316673 \ god.." Gael Baudino/Gossamer Axe
krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) (06/27/91)
Apollo 80Mb SCSI shoebox disks? With a 36-pin flat connector? Never heard of such a beast! I have, however heard of an 80 Mb external disk with or without an 8" floppy for the DN300/320/330 series. It has a flat, shielded ribbon cable, usually a heavy black cable. Is this what you have? If so, it surely is *not* a SCSI disk. -- David Krowitz krowitz@richter.mit.edu (18.83.0.109) krowitz%richter.mit.edu@eddie.mit.edu krowitz%richter.mit.edu@mitvma.bitnet (in order of decreasing preference)
rees@pisa.citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees) (06/28/91)
In article <9106271341.AA01606@richter.mit.edu>, krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) writes:
Apollo 80Mb SCSI shoebox disks? With a 36-pin flat connector?
Never heard of such a beast! I have, however heard of an 80 Mb
external disk with or without an 8" floppy for the DN300/320/330
series. It has a flat, shielded ribbon cable, usually a heavy
black cable.
"Heavy" is an understatement. The disk is 70 Mb, not 80, and each of the
two cables (one for hard disk, one for floppy) has 50 conductors. At least
for the floppy cable, every other conductor is also a signal ground, so it's
a well shielded cable.