Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!vsi1!ubvax!pyramid!leadsv!esl!dml From: dml@esl.com (Denis Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Cube 040 internal SCSI port Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 91 00:27:57 GMT References: <1991Feb16.215820.28200@wam.umd.edu> Sender: news@esl.ESL.COM Reply-To: dml@esl.com (Denis Lynch) Distribution: usa Organization: ESL, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 21 In-reply-to: mikec@wam.umd.edu's message of 16 Feb 91 21:58:20 GMT In article <1991Feb16.215820.28200@wam.umd.edu> mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) writes: I currently have an 030 Cube, and am waiting (and waiting and waiting) for my 040 board. All good things come to those who wait. Does that make the things better because you waited longer? In any case, hope your board comes soon. *I* sure don't want to have to go back to the '030! What I am wondering is this: Will my internal Maxtor hard drive still work inside the cube? I assume, that since this is the same drive that NeXT ships with their 660meg cubes, that the upgrade will provide the means. We've upgraded a bunch of machines, and the internal drives all work fine. The question is pretty reasonable, since SCSI I & II are different in more than cable format. But I believe that SCSI II controllers can talk to SCSI I devices with no trouble. All you need to do is get the electrons to the right place, and the '040 board's internal SCSI connector is compatible with the '030 board's connector. --Denis Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com