[Pc_Support] New to SCSI, what's needed to use an internal DLT drive?

[Damien McKenna]

> Welcome to the wonderful world of SCSI. ;)

LOL :)

> From what I can tell, you always need a terminator.  If you're
> running older SE SCSI, the drive can terminate the chain without
> any problems, if the drive or device offers a 'terminate' jumper.
> If not, you need an SE terminator for the cable.

I'll have to wait and see then.

> If you're using an LVD cable and have LVD drives 

Nah, sticking with basic SCSI for the moment.  Don't need those sort of
capacities yet.

> Ouch, from the photos that looks like a 50-pin SCSI.  I'd
> imagine it can self terminate and you just an old SCSI card
> like an Adaptec 2940UW which has native 50-pin and a 50-pin
> cable.

I need to see what sort of SCSI my card does...

> Is it one of these?

That's the type of drive, I'm waiting to see if I can get some cheap
then I'll proceed from there.

Some more questions:

* As I remember it there's SCSI I, SCSI II, SCSI II Fast, SCSI II Wide,
SCSI II Fast/Wide, then on into LVD and SCSI 3.  What's the
compatibility like between the variations of SCSI I and II?

* Will it "just work" so long as I have the termination correct and the
right cable?

Thanks.

Damien