Re: do i have a good title for this? no not really... how about "odd SCSI"

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> so here goes... my parents got an external Cd-Rom drive for their Mac cause
> the old one blew up... well this was more a gift from a relative (the
> cd-rom) anyhow it's got the mac drivers, looks like an apple product, and
> here it is: expecting to see the 25-pin SCSi that the scanner and Zip plug
> in via i'm confused when i look and sure enough the actual plug and
> corresponding cable are different... i suppose if you are a SCSI buff then
> you know what i'm gonna say... it looks like a Centronics plug (much like
> the one on my parrallel port printer) and so now i'm a little bit confused
> as to how to go about hooking it up...

Yes, the 50 pin centronics SCSI-1 plugs are quite common.

You will need a cable with a centronics end and the other 
end to fit the back of your computer.  Adaptec has a nice
javascipt tool to figure out what cable you need.   See:

http://www.adaptec.com/tools/selectors/cables.html

(it even works with some non-adaptec SCSI controllers! :)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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