[Info-vax] Disk drives for an AlphaServer 800

Steven Schweda sms.antinode at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 11:16:56 EDT 2009


Tom Adams wrote:

> I got the drives, but they were 68 pin, not 80 pin.

   Well, duh.  "W" and "WC" are spelled differently for a
reason.

> There are adapters available on Ebay.
>
> Has anyone used a 68-80 pin scsi adapter?

   I've used adapters to get from a (50- or) 68-conductor
cable to an SCA (80-pin) disk drive.  I wouldn't bet that you
can find one which faces in the other direction.  (The
connectors are not ambisexual.)  And where would you put it?



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