mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) (02/21/90)
Hi, Also on the subject of LaCie drives: Does anybody know where I'd find a 25-pin SCSI terminator block? I'd like to be able to take my LaCie in to work and not have it be the only drive connected to the Mac (that Mac has several SCSI devices). It would, therefore, be easier if I could get a 25-pin SCSI terminator block for the 25-pin connectors on the LaCie. Yes, I could connect it last in line with a 25->50 pin cable, but what if I want to use TWO LaCie drives? Suggestions? Thanks, --Mike
wiseman@tellab5.tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman) (02/27/90)
In article <1672@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes: >Hi, > > Also on the subject of LaCie drives: Does anybody know where I'd find a >25-pin SCSI terminator block? I'd like to be able to take my LaCie in to work I have two Lacie's and I can not find any of these beasties. I don't know if anyone makes them. >terminator block for the 25-pin connectors on the LaCie. Yes, I could connect >it last in line with a 25->50 pin cable, but what if I want to use TWO LaCie >drives? Remember, the second drive comes with a second 25 to 25 pin cable. The idea is to remove the terminators from the Lacies and put them between the mac and the other drives. By the way ... I HATE it when disk manufacturers (such as miniscribe and Quantum) put the terminator power for their internal terminators on the wrong side of the bus power isolation diode. By just moving this one line, all the problems of one drive on and one drive off could be eliminated. And from what I can tell, it is still compatible with the SCSI standard. But then, does anybody feel like cutting a run and resoldering it on their hard drive? :-) (Hope this helps!) -- Jeff Wiseman: ....uunet!tellab5!wiseman OR wiseman@TELLABS.COM
rrkasegu@athena.mit.edu (Rick R. Kaseguma) (02/27/90)
One (somewhat unusual?) place that has 25-pin terminators is GW Instruments. They make NuBus and SCSI Data Acquisition products for the Macintosh, and use the DB-25 style SCSI cables. Presumably they're wired the same as LaCie's. I'm not sure of the price; I only worked there as a software engineer last summer. Anyone seen their SoftPanel easy-to-use data acquisition program? Their address is: GW Instruments, 35 Medford Street, Somerville, MA 02143 (617) 625-4096 Rick Kaseguma, Macintosh Programmer/Consultant/Bartender rrkasegu@athena.mit.edu (ARPA internet) 474 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (617) 494-1286 (voice), (617) 225-7568 (voice/modem/fax)
mdc@spt.entity.com (Marty Connor) (02/28/90)
In article <2156@tellab5.tellabs.com> wiseman@tellab5.UUCP (Jeff Wiseman) writes: >In article <1672@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes: >>Hi, >> >> Also on the subject of LaCie drives: Does anybody know where I'd find a >>25-pin SCSI terminator block? I'd like to be able to take my LaCie in to work I bought a LighteningScan from ThunderWare Inc., and it came with a SCSI control box and a DB25 SCSI Terminator frob. You might could call up LighteningScan folks and see where they get 'em from. Marty -- Marty Connor, Marty's Computer Workshop, "Specializing in Macintosh Training" 126 Inman Street, Cambridge, MA 02139; (617) 491-6935 mdc@entity.com, or ...{harvard|uunet}!mit-eddie!spt!mdc