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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (9195)	11/8/1999 6:59:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Aside from getting PC software from Iomega I need to get my onboard 50 pin SCSI adapter connection from the mtherboard out to the back of the case to hook the ext Jaz onto but still support a 50 pin internal ribbon as well. How is this done? Not recommended. You might be able to do it but you will problems correctly terminmating your SCSI cable. A better approach is to buy a SCSI adapter like an Adaptec AVA-2906 for $55 for your external Jaz drive.

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (9195)	11/8/1999 8:24:00 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

I want to move my old 1 gb external Jaz from the Mac over to the PC. Aside from getting PC software from Iomega I need to get my onboard 50 pin SCSI adapter connection from the mtherboard out to the back of the case to hook the ext Jaz onto but still support a 50 pin internal ribbon as well. How is this done? I did that a couple of years ago. The problem today is finding the right cable. Since the motherboard connector is always terminated, you have to find a cable with a 50-pin internal connector on one end, some 50-pin internal connectors in the middle (optional--assumes you have some internal 50-pin devices), and a bracket with a 50-pin SCSI II external connector at the other end. Then, you just have to connect your external SCSI chain to the bracket connector, make sure none of your internal devices on that cable is terminated, and make sure your Jaz drive is terminated. Internal-to-external cables like this are still packaged with a lot of host adapters and SCSI-motherboards. The problem is, they used to be 50-pin but these days they're all 68-pin, and very few stores carry the old 50-pin kind. You can get an external 50-to-68-pin adapter from Adaptec or other vendors (which basically passes through the narrow SCSI lines to the external devices and actively terminates the additional lines), and that would let you plug your Jaz into a 68-pin inside-to-outside cable. Kind of a waste though...once you do that, you can only use 50-pin external devices. Regards, --QwikSand

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (9195)	11/9/1999 2:05:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Did you check your Aopen mobo box? An inout cable came with my Adaptec AHA2940U2W controller. However a lot of the price difference between onboard SCSI and the cards is in the cabling so maybe you have just the inside ribbon. How many SCSI connections do you have on the mobo? Cables and adapters are expensive. You may not save much if anything. You may want to check the Iomega site for tested SCSI host adapters. Most likely not a problem. However I have read many reports of scanners being picky about their SCSI controller. Zeuspaul

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (9195)	11/10/1999 1:20:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>SCSI from mobo out the back of the box ... Well, you got a lot of responses. As it happens, I have a 50-pin internal cable with an external connection at the far end in my junk box. This is the old, large 50-pin centronix type connector. But do you have any scsi connection on the outside of the box already? Say 25-pin? What is the Jaz drive? Is it scsi-II? If so, an adapter or adapter cable will run it if you have an external connection of any pin configuration. If not, be warned (or recall) that it's easy to spend a lot more on cables than you would on a new SCSI card with external connections. I have been extremely happy with the Flashpoint, for instance, which has an external 50-pin (micro) connector. Ultra-scsi with bios for 60-odd bucks (last I checked). Of course, it uses an IRQ. Spots