On 2015-07-03 Hartmut W Sager wrote:
I presume you (Trevor) know all about having to set each SCSI drive/device, including the host adapter, to a unique SCSI ID, yes?
Thanks Adam & Hartmut for all the good info.
Using that and a few more web reads it looks like you're right in that you can't tell squat from the connector. So the device is probably just SE SCSI and I can't do a long cable.
Ya, I know all about SCSI ID's, etc, my main workstation is still running 15k SCSI drives (U320 LVD). At one time I had 9 SCSI devices plugged into my main workstation, but that was a while ago.
I've decided to build a little "outboard computer" with all the myriad parts I have around: it would be about the same size / trouble as an external SCSI case. Even better is it's free. I'll just power it up when I need it and have scripts auto-control it off the lan, then power it down. Cheesy, but it will work.
Life with SATA and USB really is more pleasant.
Yes, I could possibly make things work with a long eSATA setup, but that would cost money for external enclosure, cables, etc. USB can't do what I need because of the intermediary layers.
Oh, I also forgot to ask: Which museum relinquished this device? :)
The Cordes Computer Museum, aka my basement. Tons of SCSI stuff around here!
P.S. from my reading it looks like everything "ultra2" and higher (wide or not) is automatically LVD.