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SCSI cdrom to A590
« on: April 09, 2008, 05:57:08 PM »
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I just purchased an old external SCSI cdrom drive (for about 50 eurocents). It didn't came with a cord. Can I use a straight through 25-25 pin cord? Are there drivers available for Workbench 1.3?
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2008, 07:55:11 PM »
Ehm, I don't understand, I was talking about a standard 25-25 pin male-male 'extension' cable, but I guess I need a special SCSI cable? Can I make one myself? I'm not allergic to soldering...
And the A590 harddrive is set to 1, with those four switches. Do I need to set it to 2, or?
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2008, 08:17:20 PM »
Both systems have 25 pin adapters...
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2008, 08:37:06 PM »
A thanks, I think I'll have to buy one. I already found one in a nearby store on the internet. :-)
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 09:09:21 PM »
Hmyes, but I'm a piss-poor student, with a bit of time and quite some skill with the soldering iron...
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2008, 09:39:25 PM »
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25 wires onto one connection, at both ends... Also, the thickness (more to the point, thinness) of the wires is important. I think it is worth €15 or so (less if you can find one second-hand) to be able to blame someone else if it doesn't work.  :lol:
But the pin config is just straight through, because I can easily get a high-quality cable (if I do not already have one. :-)
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2008, 09:40:09 PM »
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@ Speelgoedmannetje

BabelCDFS is 1.3 compatible.
Thanks! :-D

oooh when this gonna work, I'll be so happy! :-D
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2008, 11:08:02 PM »
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Get yourself a cheap 25-way male D to 50-way male Centronics SCSI lead (pretty standard, lots available, second-hand plentiful, etc) and one of these  and you will have the best of all possible worlds :-)
The only thing that I can find (I can't buy with ebay -yet) is this
Just googled on the serial number.... found out that on another site it's regarded as a printer cable. (and it's a LOT cheaper there)
SOLVED.
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Re: SCSI cdrom to A590
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2008, 04:15:18 PM »
I've just been to a nearby electronics shop, and the point is with these cables that they need to be IEEE 1284 compliant, which not all parallel cables are. I ordered one by them.
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