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

[Patrick]

On Wednesday 27 April 2005 03:52 pm, Damien McKenna wrote:
> > 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
I think that it is called 'auto-negotiation', so that most stuff works within 
one or tewo generations.


You really should google for the SCSI how-to's!

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