68 pin SCSI in Amiga

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As Mikey said, not all 68-pin drives seem to work with the adapters. I know because I've tried about a half a dozen of them. I currently use a Quantum 16gb 68-pin with my 2060 card though with no problems. The better 50<>68 pin adapters have the termination you may need...

[save2600]

Having tried the Amiga specific haunts first, I couldn't find any. But ePay's got 'em:

...just type 'scsi adapter' and scroll down.

OR... http://discountechnology.com/80pin-68pin-50pin-SCSI-Adapter;jsessionid=0a01054f1f43d8808aca138b4e1d8781f848f09b5505.e3eTaxiNaN0Te34Pa38Ta38Ochn0#photos

http://discountechnology.com/80pin-to-50pin-SCSI-Adapter-Brand-New?sc=2&category=17

[save2600]

I'd like to mirror what AmigaDave and mdivancic have said and are experiencing. I too inherited a combination of IBM and Seagate drives from an old Dell server. Out of 4, I was only able to get ONE to ever work! And I've got the adapters w/ termination everyone else is talking about. I chalked it up to bad drives (I kept them all anyway), but am somewhat "relieved" to hear others have experienced the same things. I am currently using the working 16gb Seagate drive in my A2500 with zero problems however. When SCSI works, it works real well  :-)

But I guess my next question is: why is SCSI so seemingly picky or flaky? Combination of things I guess - but frustrating when you know how to troubleshoot, but are left with no real answers.