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From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI <=> Mac SCSI <=> Amiga SCSI
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Date: 31 Jan 91 11:12:06 GMT
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In article <87805@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, watters@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu (david r watters) writes:
> Is a Mac SCSI drive different than a standard SCSI drive which I assume the
> Amiga uses.
>  
> I have a DirectDrive 40 which is a Mac external drive and I would like to hook
> it to an Amiga controller (A2091).  The drive inside the case appears to have a
> standard SCSI connector that the ribbon cable would hook to, if I just wanted
> to extract the drive.  
> The case has the parallel connector that I assume most Mac externals use and I
> have a 25pin to parallel connector, which would allow me to hook the drive in
> it's external case to the back of the A2091. (This is the best scenario.)

Watch it!  That's a 50-pin Amphenol connector, not a 36-pin one like parallel
printers use.  They look the same, but the 50 pin one is much w-i-d-e-r.
You'll probably need a Mac "system" cable (available from Misco, Inmac, and
a few others.
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