Re: RamFast SCSI card

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

Steven Lichter <DieSpammer@Ikillspammers.com> wrote:

>The card came with the computer and was connected to the Pegasus 
>Internal Hard Drive System, so when I split the card and the H/D the 
>cable was hard wired to the drive.  Now it appears there is no way to 
>connect the card to a H/D

    The Pegasus hardisk came with a specialized Y-cable (IDC-26 which 
split into a IDC-50 and DB-25 connector). To connect the RamFAST you 
slid off the default cable normally attached to the controller card, put it
aside in a safe place, and attached the new specialized cable.

    Since you kept the original cable, you could always revert things back
and have the RamFAST work independently again. Unless you lost it. :)

>anyone know what kind of cable it can use and 
>are there any around?  I'm not sure if the buyer is in this newsgroup, 
>but he asked me about it.  I know when it was listed in the auction, the 
>card was the only thing listed and there was no cable and I never even 
>thought about it.

    It used a (female to female) IDC-26 to DB-25 connector. I haven't 
looked at the pinouts, but I would assume it was a straight pass-thru 
cable.

    I can't guarantee it would work, but it should be possible to use 
an old PC parallel port cable. They would typically be found in old
8088, 286, 386, 486 and Pentium-1 computers, running from
the motherboard to the back of the case. They just slide off.
Pentium II boards and up didn't generally have these cables
as the parallel connector was built-in.

Here's a picture of one: 
http://www.rtdusa.com/Cables/Images/25-pin-D.jpg

    It'll physically fit and be identical to the RamFAST cabling, but
before using it BE SURE the pinouts are the same. Can anyone
verify if a PC parallel port cable was a plain straigh-thru? 

Mitchell Spector