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- From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
- Subject: Re: Need help with connecting SCSI drive to ST
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.074116.26489@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:41:16 GMT
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- In article <1enpakINN5mf@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> @prism.cs.orst.edu writes:
- >I have a Supra 20 Meg HD . The manual says the HD has two components: an
- >interface and a drive with embedded controller. Can I disconnect the drive
- >and connect just the interface to a SCSI drive? I'm thinking of connecting
- >to a SyQuest removable drive. If not, what do I need to connect the SyQuest?
-
- You can do better than that, just get yourself a SCSI cable with 3 or more
- connectors on it. Then you can have the "interface" ("host adapter") as well
- as the 20 MB drive *and* the Syquest connected all at once. The "drive with
- embedded controller" is definitely a SCSI drive....
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- -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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- All true wisdom is conveyed in one-line witticisms.
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