[ale] OT: scsi cables

[Alex Carver]

Looking closely at your pictures your PCI card is certainly a HD50
female connector (which would need the male cable end) but your device
connector actually looks like a micro Centronics MC50 not an HD50.  I
say that because it has exposed gold fingers (not pins, but fingers) and
a wide slot through the center.  That's exactly how a Centronics (think
parallel printers but smaller) is constructed.

You either need to find an HD50 to MC50 cable (possible but not easy) or
get an HD50 to MC50 adapter to adapt a normal HD50-HD50 cable or
MC50-MC50 cable or even having to go the intermediate route of using a
standard Centronics CN50 or D-shell 25 to MC50 cable somewhere in the
middle.

On 4/19/2014 08:09, Boris Borisov wrote:
> My bad for not mentioning this detail. Since I have little experience with
> SCSI cables I have no idea under what particular name that cable sales :)
> But yes it is 50 pins and suppose to be HD. Thank you for your time.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Your original post didn't say you needed an EXTERNAL SCSI cable.. From
>> your pictures, it looks like you need a HD50-50 cable (it is 50 pin on both
>> ends, not 68 pins on the HD end, correct?). I think I do have one (at least
>> I DID have one if we didn't toss it in our last warehouse move), but it may
>> take a few days to find which (of 3) storage locations it is in. Also,
>> since it is an external device, I think you will find that the termination
>> is within the device itself and no external terminator terminator is
>> required.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok there is the photos. I didn't resize it for better detail and will
>>> give as link to cloud storage :) (everybody is in the clouds today, who
>>> walks on the ole earth).
>>>
>>> Device side: https://app.box.com/s/j0gqvnprsdafy5otr8z3
>>>
>>> PCI SCSI side: https://app.box.com/s/qeoy0dv17lhnixql1xph
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have some old SCSI cables & terminators (if I can find them). Please
>>>> do send pictures so I can match what I have with what you need.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I could take pictures if needed but pretty sure both ports ( on the
>>>>> scsi PCI card and device itself) are different. Maybe I should do that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/18/2014 11:12, Boris Borisov wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm looking for scsi cable HD50 male to female. If you can check your
>>>>>>> storage and if you have it and don't need it please email me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> P.S. Not that I really know much about scsi connectors but looking on
>>>>>>> google I think suppose to be external high density 50 pin clip type
>>>>>> - male
>>>>>>> from one side and female from other side ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.jpelectron.com/sample/Electronics/PC-%20SCSI%20-%20Connectors.gif
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sure you need a male-female cable and not a male-male cable?
>>>>>> Male-male is common for SCSI and pretty much the only kind you find
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> ease.  It's possible to make a male-female cable but it wasn't
>>>>>> something
>>>>>> that was normally used because all SCSI devices and hosts are usually
>>>>>> female connectors and the cables use male connectors.
>>>>>>