[rescue] FS: Sun EXP-2, Best Offer

[Dave McGuire]

On December 17, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> > > The connectors on the back are some type of proprietary 
> > > 50-pin Sun SCSI connector with three rows of pins, styled 
> > > like an oversized VGA connector. In trying to use these boxes 
> > > with SS20s, I found that some of the cables were unsuitable. 
> > > Too old, designed for an older version of SCSI, or something. 
> > > I'm sure someone else can give you a better reason...
> > > 
> > > I am still using them, but have only seen the connectors and 
> > > cables like that in one catalog. I imagine they'll get harder 
> > > to find, still.
> >
> Those cables are actually a standard SCSI (albeit very old) The same connector
> is also used on IPI drives in Sun systems. Are you sure the drive you are
> connecting to is SCSI? Are you sure the cable is SCSI and not IPI? (I wonder if
> there is a difference? Dave?)

  They're standard DB-50 connectors, about as common as a connector
can be.  Just not used much for SCSI in the past six or eight years.

  In this case, they're SCSI-1 connectors...they use the same cables as
IPI.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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