Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.wanted:2672 misc.forsale.computers:5665 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!mitel!testeng1!stanfiel From: stanfiel@testeng1.misemi (Chris Stanfield) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted,misc.forsale.computers Subject: Re: WANTED - long Mac to SCSI cable, and small external HD case Message-ID: <6576@testeng1.misemi> Date: 18 Feb 91 14:55:14 GMT References: <1991Feb13.001119.637@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: stanfiel@testeng1.UUCP () Distribution: comp Organization: Mitel CAE Services Lines: 13 In article <1991Feb13.001119.637@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> sl242030@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Robert P. Humphrey) writes: > I'm not sure, but I think there's a maximum length that SCSI >cables can be made before the transmision breaks down. It may very >well be over 6 ft., but that may be why you're having trouble finding >one. The maximum length of a SCSI bus is 6m for a single-ended version, and 15m if it is differential. This is from my copy of the SCSI spec. I am afraid I do not know which mode the Mac uses, but whichever, you can go to 6m (~20ft), anyway - provided Apple read the spec :-) Chris Stanfield, Mitel Corporation: E-mail to:- uunet!mitel!testeng1!stanfiel (613) 592 2122 Ext.4960 We do not inherit the world from our parents - we borrow it from our children.