Re: SCSI question

[Smarter%than%Spam@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

In article <5gmi37$27u4@uni.library.ucla.edu>, pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:
: I have a rather unusual SCSI drive that has a DB-25 port
: instead of the regular Centronics-50.  Can I use a straight
: through DB-25 serial cable to connect it to an SCSI card?
: Assuming that all 25 pins on the serial cable are connected,
: of course.  I'm thinking of a serial modem cable.

Probably the same cable which comes with the Zip Drive would do it;
check with Iomega or the drive manufacturer before you try it.

: Also, how does one determine the correct orientation of an
: internal IDC-50 ribbon cable?  There are those that lack
: the orienting gromet (the stub that prevents plugging the
: cable upside down).  What would happen if the drive
: mechanism was plugged in the wrong way?

Two possibilities:  1) Nothing; 2) Ka-BOOM!

Look closely and you might be able to see 1) a number 1 or 2) an
identation.  Identation goes next to identation or number 1.

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