[SunRescue] 2nd hard drive in Tatung SS20 clone?

[Brian McCloskey]

scsi is a protocol. it is a defined set of rules for communication and 
signaling among specific devices. it is not a connector.

-wu


>From: Michele Stuart <mds at heretical.net>
>Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [SunRescue] 2nd hard drive in Tatung SS20 clone?
>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:18:09 -0400
>
>Found it.
>
>From  http://www.seagate.com:80/support/kb/disc/scsirev.html
>
>SCSI Narrow
>
>      This term refers to the 1 byte wide data bus on a 50-pin parallel
>interface
>      that is defined in the ANSI standard SCSI-1 (X3.131-1986).  The 
>narrow
>      bus consists of 8 data lines with parity, a series of control lines
>and the
>      matching ground lines.  Seagate designates a narrow SCSI interface 
>with
>      an "n" in the model number.
>
>They even had a picture, which made it all much more clear to me. 
>Apparently
>I hadn't searched quite as thoroughly as I'd thought.  It really does look
>quite
>different from what I envision when I think "SCSI", which is typically
>something
>more along the lines of  the SCSI-II interface that the external cdrom 
>drive is
>hooked to.
>
>I thank you all who replied to me. I appreciate it.
>
>Michele
>
>
>At 10:48 AM 10/25/00, you wrote:
>>and its not the same as the connector that runs to the installed ST15230N?
>>
>>-wu
>>
>>
>>>From: Michele Stuart <mds at heretical.net>
>>>Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>>>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>>>Subject: Re: [SunRescue] 2nd hard drive in Tatung SS20 clone?
>>>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:37:53 -0400
>>>
>>>Sadly,  yes. There is a floppy drive installed, but the bracket in this
>>>particular position is entirely internal. Perhaps it is a connector for
>>>something other than a hard drive though; I was assuming hard
>>>drive because there's a drive bracket installed there, as well a
>>>power-coupling.
>>>
>>>Thank you for the response.
>>>
>>>Michele
>>>
>>>
>>>At 03:20 AM 10/25/00, you wrote:
>>>>Sure that is not the floppy connector? 34 pins.
>>>>
>>>>Mike N
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Michele Stuart" <mds at heretical.net>
>>>>To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 1:31 AM
>>>>Subject: [SunRescue] 2nd hard drive in Tatung SS20 clone?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Hi, all.
>>>> >
>>>> > I have Tatung CompStation 20SL. When I open it up,. I see it's one 
>>>>hard
>>>>drive,
>>>> > which is a Seagate ST-15230N (Hawk 4). It's listed on Seagate's specs
>>>>page
>>>> > as having interface: SCSI II/ASA II.
>>>> >
>>>> > Next to is a bracket for another hard drive (I assume) that has what
>>>>looks
>>>>for
>>>> > all the world to me like an IDE connector. Since I don't see how that 
>>>>can
>>>>be,
>>>> > can anybody tell me what kind of connector this is? I've been 
>>>>searching
>>>>the
>>>> > web for info on the various SCSI interfaces and haven't found one 
>>>>that
>>>>looks
>>>> > like it. The connector itself has a tag on it saying it's made by 3M, 
>>>>if
>>>>that
>>>> > helps (it hasn't helped me any).
>>>> >
>>>> > Thank you!
>>>> >
>>>> > Michele
>
>--
>Michele Stuart
>mds at heretical.net
>
>         "Connie quite liked the life of the mind, and got a great thrill
>out of it.  But she did think it  overdid itself a little."
>                                                                 -- D.H.
>Lawrence,  "Lady Chatterly's Lover"
>
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