[rescue] Wide scsi retrofit

[Monty Walls]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:01:14 -0400
Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:

> In the past I've seen cables that had 2 or 4 wide internal connectors
> on them, and one external connector (for attaching to the side of the
> hard drive box.  I'm having trouble finding any of these at a
> reasonable price though (1 place wanted $90+s&h for such a cable).
> 
> So, I was wondering.  I've seen little boards that on one side are a
> HD68 connector for attaching to the exterior of the box, and the other
> side is a regular 50pin internal connector (it both looked like that,
> and the seller said that is what is was.  Apparently for adding narrow
> periferals to an external scsi chain), so why not one that has HD68 on
> the one side, and an internal 68pin connector for hooking a cheap
> internal 68pin scsi cable to.  Ideally I want to retrofit two boxes
> (each holds two drives).  I had been putting this off, but lengthy
> delays in the shipment of my raid arrays (and doubts of it I'll ever
> get them) is making me consider other options.
> 

I've seen similar on ebay.  I've considered converting my sun 911
4 drive chassis to u-w also, I just wasn't wild about the price.

So if anyone finds a good deal on these I want to know also :)


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