Re: GS in desktop case

[gdr@eddore.myrias.com (Devin Reade)]

In article <4qaqq3$70c@alpha.vaxxine.com>,
Michael Hackett <mhackett@alpha.vaxxine.com> wrote:

>I have one messy thing in my [SCSI]
>setup, though.  My tape drive has it's 50-pin header mounted upside
>down, so I need enough cable to be able to make a 180 degree twist
>without putting a kink in the cable.  (I'm thinking now that it might be
>better to make a short adaptor to flip the plug over.)

I haven't towerized by GS yet, but I'm using spare space in my
Linux box as an external chassis for the modem and SCSI peripherals.
I've used both methods to connect "upside down" peripherals, and
they both work fine.  The one caveat is to ensure you keep the "adapter"
wires shorter than 10cm.  Longer lengths _may_ work, but that's the
longest T-splice allowed for in the SCSI standard.

Apropos another comment in this thread:  Another use of the Reset
(vice Turbo) button is to use it to power cycle the modem (which in
this case is a Practical Peripherals, mounted in a 5-1/4" bay).  I
don't want someone to be able to do an easy reset on the Linux box
anyway, although I've wired the keylock switch to do a reset ...

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	Devin Reade	gdr@eddore.myrias.ab.ca