esa@tglobe2.tollpost-globe (Esa K Viitala) (09/19/90)
Hi, I want to use a SCSI disk I happen to have. My machine is a Sun SPARCstation 1. Local (Norwegian) Sun dealer says my disk is unsupported and they won't help me. (They "support" their own brand which twice as expensive as the Micropolis 1588 I have). I have a Sun SPARCstation 1 as a server and want to plug in a Micropolis scsi disk, model 1588 (668MB formatted). Problems start with cabling: Sun cables look different to Micropolis' cables. Both the Norwegian Sun dealer and the ones I bought the Micropolis disk claim their plugs confirm to "scsi standards", whatever that is. Micropolis plug looks as a parallel if plug (Centronix) to me, with 50 "pins" in it. Sun cables are "normal" as delivered by Sun Microsystems together with their equipment. Anybody there who can explain to me how to connect the Micropolis 1588 to my Sun station? Next problem is how to format the disk. Hints, anyone? Thirdly I want to configure the server such that we are able to use the disk? How? Somebody somewhere must have made all this before, please let me know how. I will be glad to summarize, if not worldwide, at least to the Norwegian Netters. I'll be glad to give you pointers to cheap disks as well. (We have about 40 machines throughout the country, beeing able to buy cheap disks makes difference to us). -- Esa Viitala TOLLPOST-GLOBE A/S, Systemavdeling, PO Box 100, N6301 ]ndalsnes, Norway Tel: (+47 72) 21211 / 264, Fax: (+47 72) 22161 ...nuug!tglobe2!esa
will@presto.ig.com (Will Nelson) (09/22/90)
In article <1000@tglobe2.tollpost-globe>, esa@tglobe2.tollpost-globe (Esa K Viitala) writes: > > I have a Sun SPARCstation 1 as a server and want to plug in a Micropolis > scsi disk, model 1588 (668MB formatted). > > Problems start with cabling: Sun cables look different to Micropolis' > cables. Both the Norwegian Sun dealer and the ones I bought the > Micropolis disk claim their plugs confirm to "scsi standards", whatever > that is. Micropolis plug looks as a parallel if plug (Centronix) to me, > with 50 "pins" in it. Sun cables are "normal" as delivered by Sun > Microsystems together with their equipment. > > Anybody there who can explain to me how to connect the Micropolis 1588 > to my Sun station? > I tried to e-mail you, but it bounced. Here is the deal: What you need is a cable with a 50-pin SCSI connector on one end and a Micro-miniature SCSI connector on the other end. Such a cable is available from CS Electronics 1342 Bell Avenue Tustin, CA 92680 USA (714) 259-9100 The price is $60.00. Just tell them that you want a 6 ft. (or any length) SPARCSTATION CABLE (socket on one end). The only kludge in dealing with external SCSI drives on SPARCstations is that you must jumper it as SCSI target 0, LUN 0, but when you refer to it in software, it becomes SCSI disk 3. In other words, to boot the disk, or format it, refer to it as: > b sd(0,3,0) I assume you already have a format.dat entry that has all of the number of cylinders, number of sectors per track, etc. If not, you will need to acquire such information from the person who sold you the disk, or directly from Micropolis. -- Will Nelson Internet: will@presto.ig.com Intelligenetics, Inc. Uucp: ames!ig.com!presto!will 700 East El Camino Real (415) 962-7363 Mountain View, CA 94040 -- Will Nelson Internet: will@presto.ig.com Intelligenetics, Inc. Uucp: ames!ig.com!presto!will 700 East El Camino Real (415) 962-7363 Mountain View, CA 94040
ksh@vine.COM (Kent S. Harris) (09/22/90)
I see a lot of references to third-party disks because they are cheaper than going with a workstation's OEM. MacLand, in the back of MACWORLD magazine, is selling standalone (so called 'external') 600MB drives for about $2K. I have no affiliation, just a satisfied customer! I have noticed a few ads for still less money but I can only atest to MacLand's prompt service (2-day Federal Express). This is just FYI. -- Kent S. Harris ...!ames!vine!ksh Vine Technology Unix/VMS/VxWorks/pSOS/etc. (408)996-1294 Hardware & Software consulting
robinson@durham.med.unc.edu (Gerard A. Robinson) (09/27/90)
A recent blurb in InfoWorld stated that Hard Drives Int'l had reduced the price of their 1GB drives to $2,995 for the Mac version (the DOS version has a controller card in it). I've used smaller sizes of their drives as root & swap units for otherwise diskless workstations, and have had no troubles. Gerard Robinson, UNC-CH School of Medicine, Office of Information Systems