Claus Dragon wrote:
> hello,
>
> two questions:
>
> 1.what kinds of hard disks do fit into a 411 Sun enclosure?
>
> (http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...y=22 462&rd=1)
>
> do i understand correctly that all SCA kinds of hard disks will fit?
>
>

Not quite.

The 411 enclosure does not have an SCA connector, it has a 50 pin ribbon
cable connector. So you need SCSI drives that have the old fashioned 50
pin connector, the kind that have a separate four conductor power plug
like you find in PC's. Your SCA drives will not work in a 411 case
without an adapter. If there is an SCA-equipped 411 enclosure, I have
never seen it or heard of it. But I am by no means the ultimate
authority, either.


Drive mounting specs are pretty well standardized these days. All you
have to make sure of when it comes to isntalling a drive is that you
have a suitably tall enclosure if your drive is a 1.6 inch tall model,
and I have yet to see an external enclosure that couldn't accomodate one.

A 411 is intended for devices the size of your regular CD-Rom drive,
and a 3.5" hard drive will need an adapter bracket, or you can just
drill a few well placed holes in the removable drive bracket that's
included in a 411 and use that.

CJ

While forming in a straight line, Chris Johnson
<Spammerscanbite@my.shiny.metal.ass> wrote:

>The 411 enclosure does not have an SCA connector, it has a 50 pin ribbon
>cable connector. So you need SCSI drives that have the old fashioned 50
>pin connector, the kind that have a separate four conductor power plug
>like you find in PC's. Your SCA drives will not work in a 411 case
>without an adapter. If there is an SCA-equipped 411 enclosure, I have
>never seen it or heard of it. But I am by no means the ultimate
>authority, either.

okay, thanks for the quick answer....

is the 50 pin connector per chance the same as what is called SCSI-2?

for i have several cables lying around here (salvaged a SS10 with
additional devices and cables), does the pin number determine the SCSI
version? if not, how can i determine the SCSI type?

an an additional question:

where is that 411 enclosure to be found on sunvolve.com? i found about
everything else i have/need, but not that one ...

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Claus Dragon wrote:
>
>
> is the 50 pin connector per chance the same as what is called SCSI-2?
>

No, it's the original SCSI connector type dating back to the 70's or
whenever it was that SCSI first got started. It looks just like your
common IDE cable but it is wider and has 50 pins. It's the connector
you find on every CD-Rom drive I've ever seen.

CJ