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Marcin

Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 8519 Location: Poland
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:43 am Post subject: Iomega ZIP drive with SCSI |
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Anyone oriented in cables of SCSI DB25 parallel cable connection ? I have a few of ZIP drives with DB25 ports and SCSI interface. Currently I have only one ISA 8 bit SCSI controller with female port DB25 but the main question is if I can use standard parallel DB25 cable or there were dedicated to SCSI connection (different pinout) ?
On the photo I have switches to turn on termination and SCSI ID. I understand Termination should be On when other SCSI device is connected to ZIP drive ? _________________ Visit ABC CPU - Virtual CPU Museum. |
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cvandijk
Joined: 21 Jul 2016 Posts: 3589 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:03 am Post subject: |
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If there is another SCSI device connected to the zip drive, termination must be off. If the zip drive is the last device, it must be on.
About the cable, you can just use a standard cable, make sure the pins are 1 to 1 connected. |
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Marcin

Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 8519 Location: Poland
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply. I gave up connecting ZIP to my 8bit Symbios 53C400a ISA card as I couldn't find rights drivers and propably that controller was dedicated to work only with HP scanner but I'm not sure. I have ordered generic Adaptec AVA-1505AE SCSI on ISA 16bit which is already on the supported list of integrated drivers in W95 RTM. _________________ Visit ABC CPU - Virtual CPU Museum. |
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cuttingedgecs
Joined: 08 Oct 2017 Posts: 1764 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Driver for the Adaptec AVA-1505AE is included, but I'd still recommend you find Adaptec's SCSISelect utility for this card if possible. These cards are jumperless and all the performance settings are controlled from the software. |
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Marcin

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