Subject: Re: SCSI host adaptors
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Michael Wanka <Tom@Wanka.at>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/26/2001 10:29:46
Hi,

I got a brand new sealed 2940UW from eBay for USD 49,90. If you 
want to connect narrow (8Bit) devices on the external connector you 
will need a cable/adapter to terminate the higher 8Bit as the 
external connector is wide (16Bit).

HTH

mike

On 25 May 2001, at 23:34, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> On the subject of SCSI host adapters, UW and narrow support, does
> anybody know about the Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller, on sale at a
> local computer store for $89 refurbished?  I was told it had
> connectors for UW and 50-pin.  I would want it for an Iomega Zip 250,
> external SCSI.  Iomega Zip 250 external SCSI is not fast SCSI or Ultra
> SCSI.
>