[H-GEN] Jaz Drives

[David Munn]

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On Sunday 10 August 2003 19:27, Christopher Biggs wrote:
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> David Munn <djmunn at bigpond.com> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake 
thusly:
> > Hi all....thanks for reading this....
> > I have scored a 1ghz Jaz drive that has a disk....
>
> Wow, fast drive.  :-)
>
> > there is a power supply and
> > a lead that has the SCSI plugs on it and a SCSI to PARALLEL
> > adaptor...that i think is for use on a LPT port......
>
> Are you certain you have a parallel port drive?   (for a 1gb drive
> this would suck---parallel ports are pretty slow compared to scsi).
>
> Are you sure the cable is not in fact a 25-pin _SCSI_ connector.  It
> uses exactly the same plug as a PC parallel port, but of course will
> not work on a parallel port.
>
> --cjb

Hi Christopher....tnx for the quick reply.....
so i fell for the 2 card trick as they say.......looking at the adaptor again 
i think that you are right its a 25 pin SCSI adaptor.....this would mean that 
i will have to get a SCSI controller card to be able to use the drive.....
will go to the used comp parts shop here tommorrow and see what he can help me 
with.....

Thanks again
David Munn

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