[ale] OT: scsi cables

Boris Borisov bugyatl at gmail.com
Sat Apr 19 13:05:53 EDT 2014


... and SCSI must be a  "standard" :)


On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:

> Looking closely at your pictures your PCI card is certainly a HD50
> female connector (which would need the male cable end) but your device
> connector actually looks like a micro Centronics MC50 not an HD50.  I
> say that because it has exposed gold fingers (not pins, but fingers) and
> a wide slot through the center.  That's exactly how a Centronics (think
> parallel printers but smaller) is constructed.
>
> You either need to find an HD50 to MC50 cable (possible but not easy) or
> get an HD50 to MC50 adapter to adapt a normal HD50-HD50 cable or
> MC50-MC50 cable or even having to go the intermediate route of using a
> standard Centronics CN50 or D-shell 25 to MC50 cable somewhere in the
> middle.
>
> On 4/19/2014 08:09, Boris Borisov wrote:
> > My bad for not mentioning this detail. Since I have little experience
> with
> > SCSI cables I have no idea under what particular name that cable sales :)
> > But yes it is 50 pins and suppose to be HD. Thank you for your time.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Your original post didn't say you needed an EXTERNAL SCSI cable.. From
> >> your pictures, it looks like you need a HD50-50 cable (it is 50 pin on
> both
> >> ends, not 68 pins on the HD end, correct?). I think I do have one (at
> least
> >> I DID have one if we didn't toss it in our last warehouse move), but it
> may
> >> take a few days to find which (of 3) storage locations it is in. Also,
> >> since it is an external device, I think you will find that the
> termination
> >> is within the device itself and no external terminator terminator is
> >> required.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ok there is the photos. I didn't resize it for better detail and will
> >>> give as link to cloud storage :) (everybody is in the clouds today, who
> >>> walks on the ole earth).
> >>>
> >>> Device side: https://app.box.com/s/j0gqvnprsdafy5otr8z3
> >>>
> >>> PCI SCSI side: https://app.box.com/s/qeoy0dv17lhnixql1xph
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I have some old SCSI cables & terminators (if I can find them). Please
> >>>> do send pictures so I can match what I have with what you need.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I could take pictures if needed but pretty sure both ports ( on the
> >>>>> scsi PCI card and device itself) are different. Maybe I should do
> that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Alex Carver <
> agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 4/18/2014 11:12, Boris Borisov wrote:
> >>>>>>> I'm looking for scsi cable HD50 male to female. If you can check
> your
> >>>>>>> storage and if you have it and don't need it please email me.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> P.S. Not that I really know much about scsi connectors but looking
> on
> >>>>>>> google I think suppose to be external high density 50 pin clip type
> >>>>>> - male
> >>>>>>> from one side and female from other side ...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> http://www.jpelectron.com/sample/Electronics/PC-%20SCSI%20-%20Connectors.gif
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Are you sure you need a male-female cable and not a male-male cable?
> >>>>>> Male-male is common for SCSI and pretty much the only kind you find
> >>>>>> with
> >>>>>> ease.  It's possible to make a male-female cable but it wasn't
> >>>>>> something
> >>>>>> that was normally used because all SCSI devices and hosts are
> usually
> >>>>>> female connectors and the cables use male connectors.
> >>>>>>
>
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