[3648] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Buslogic & expensive cables...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Leeflang)
Tue Apr 7 19:26:10 1998
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 16:12:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Leeflang <fredl@dutchie.org>
To: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199804072151.OAA07880@dandelion.com>
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:
> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:35:21 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Fred Leeflang <fredl@dutchie.org>
>
> I recently purchased a scanner with SCSI connection. Then I found out that
> my Buslogic card isn't all that convenient, they're using very high
> density scsi (even worse that 68 pins SCSI III) as external connector. I
> asked around in a few PC shops, and two specialised cable company's, only
> one of them all had heard about VHDCI connectors and could make me a
> cable VHDCI -> 25 pins SCSI, $100.... For $100 I prefer buying some old
> adaptec card or something that has a 25 pins connector on the back. Does
> anybody know which SCSI controller that's supported by Linux has 25 pins
> connector and is dirt cheap ? Thanks,
>
> That must be a FlashPoint DW.
Correct.
> Mixing 25 pin pseudo-SCSI devices with any real high performance SCSI devices
> is generally a bad idea and likely to be quite unreliable. Using a separate
> SCSI card is a very good idea in this case.
And cheaper as well. I just called Fry's, they say they have an Adaptec
2902, which has a 25 pins external connector. I don't see it listed in the
README's in drivers/scsi. Is the Adaptec 2902 a supported controller? It's
only $69!
> If you really wanted to do this less expensively, get a back panel 25 pin or 50
> pin connector and cable it to the 50 pin internal connector on the DW. But put
> all your other SCSI devices on the other channel then.
>
> Also, be aware that some supposedly SCSI compatible scanners only work with
> certain host adapters because they violate the SCSI specs in one way or
> another. I'd check with the Technical Support for any SCSI card to see if it
> is compatible with the specific scanner you have.
>
> Leonard
>
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