[rescue] Wit's end -- Indigo2

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

That auction seems to have inconsistent pics....

The picture showing an item in a package seems to be to convert a 
68 pin wide drive to  50 pin... but the pics below it show an
adapter to turn a 50 pin drive into a 68 pin interface....

The description indicates 50pin female to 68pin female which would
convert a 50 pin drive to a 68 pin interface... not the direction your
looking to go....

The most flexible thing is to get an SCA connector drive (one 80 pin
connector, no power connector) and an adapter.  This way if you ever
recycle the drive into a system that uses 68 pin wide scsi, just change
the adapter.  Plus SCA drives are usually the cheapest to find as people
retire drives out of RAID arrays as they upgrade to larger drives.

-- Curt

>Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 19:00:15 -0400
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>I'm seeing a bunch of 50/68 adapters on eBay, like this one:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2726036595&category=31494
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>Is this the kind you're talking about? Will this let me run a 68pin 
>drive on the Indigo2? I'm specifically looking at this drive here:
>
>http://www.centrix-intl.com/list.asp?CategoryID=1
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>Drive is item code MDC013-91.
>
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Andrew Giedraitis wrote:
>> the cover installation is an art
>> look very closely at the scratches and the whittish bruised areas for the
>> correct and incorrect procedures (the scratches are correct)
>> I've had no problems yet with using a 68 pin sca drive and an adapter
>> shoehorned into the caddy (original metal) 9.1 gig
>> 
>> as for the scratches    "shoe dye"
>> not polish mind you but actual die for womens shoes
>> it is almost the same as the dyes they sell to refurbish cases
>> and it looks a lot better than paint [it won't fill in any deep scratches,
>> but leaves a uniform color]
>> mosly for the vinyl areas I don't know how it will work on the plastic
>> but a deep blue worked great on my SGI320 panels
>> I'm considering mixing up a red / blue / black for my indigo2's
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin" <kevin at mpcf.com>
>> To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [rescue] Wit's end -- Indigo2
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>Can't help you with the Indigo2 but i can sympathize.  I had
>>>the same problem with my first Indy, and they are easier than
>>>the I2s.  I had "extra" blue pieces in the end :O
>>>
>>>/KRM
>>>
>>>On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:40:46 -0400
>>>Joshua Newton <limelight at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Can someone PLEASE tell me what the special trick or magic
>>>>password is to get the top cover back in place? I'm just
>>>>about to pitch the entire thing off the balcony and dance on
>>>>the fragments of the
>>>>corpse.
>>>
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