[rescue] Internal SCSI CD Cable on an Ultra1?

[Thomas Gallaway]

Well if this is like a scsi cable where you could plug another scsi 
cable in there, just get a very short 50pin scsi female to female cable, 
plug it into the other cable and the other end into the cdrom. I've seen 
those kind of cables befor...


On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 1:35AM -0500, Bill Vinson wrote:
> I have an Ultra 1 that I am trying to install a Plextor SCSI CD-R 
> into.
> I know the plextor should boot the Sun, but I have a question.
>
> Normally on a PC the SCSI ribbon has a female connector for each drive
> and the SCSI card. However, on the Ultra 1, it seems I need to connect
> to the system with a male connector. There is a female connector right
> where the SCA drive cable connects in and from the manuals it looks as
> if this is where the CD-ROM cable should plug in.  The problem I have 
> is
> that every 50-pin ribbon I have ever seen is all female connectors,
> unlike this situation that seems to need the female connector on the
> drive end and a male connector to connect to the system.
>
> Am I right on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
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