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@Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:04:31 -0700
Subject: Re: SCSI - SCA 80 To 68 Converter
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In , on 07/18/03 
   at 04:15 AM, "Ralph Cohen"  said:

>There's no problem running a wide drive on a narrow bus except that you
>will be limited to using a SCSI ID address between 0 to 7 instead of 0 to
>15.  There is also no problem running a narrow drive on a wide bus but it
>will still be limited to a SCSI ID address between 0 to 7.  That's why a
>switch on a drive to select between a wide and narrow bus would be
>meaningless.

Agreed.  My point was the switching is automatic.

>device.  Apparently Don's drive is a special creation of IBM that does
>not have the 50 pin connector normally associated with narrow SCSI
>devices.

Don has stated that the drives he's trying to use are SCA, which stands
for Single Channal Attachment, or something like, that because the
connector carries data, power and addressing.  He is using adapters to
allow him to connect the drive to a wide SCSI.  As others have noted,
these adapters come in a wide variety of qualities.  Some work.  Some
don't.

Steven

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