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From: mward@blake.acs.washington.edu (Mark Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Connecting an st506 to mac SCSI
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Date: 29 Aug 90 03:06:32 GMT
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Hello, all.  I'm interested in connecting my mac+ to one or more st506
interfaced hard drives.  I've seen ads for many scsi to st506 adapters,
but I'm not sure which I need. I seem to remember that some won't work
with the mac, but of course the places offering them don't mention that
in their ads.  

The first drive I'd like to connect is a miniscribe 25mb 1/2h 5.25" drive,
for which I have no docs. Would anyone know how to help with these problems?
The drive's model # is either 2538 or 3825...

I have tons of power supplies, enclosures, and lots of soldering and cabling
experience, so that part will be pretty easy.

Oh, I just remembered: I've also got a tape drive (archive) with a 50 pin
connector on it. No docs.  I've heard there are only a couple standard
tape drive interfaces, and with a controller avail (scsi to oic36) for $33,
sounds good.  Any hints???

thanks in advance.

-mark