-- Stuart C. Sides U.S. Geological Survey 2255 N. Gemini Dr. Flagstaff, AZ 86001 ssides_at_TerraWeb.wr.usgs.gov **From Alex_Nord_at_Jabil.com Fri Jul 31 19:18:29 1998 They're available at just about any computer show. Usually for a couple bucks or less... **From brock_at_cs.unca.edu Sat Aug 1 13:30:34 1998 You can get the cables from most suppliers of SCSI cables. I think we bought our from APC. You'll need to get on the Internet to get some new tools to make ZIP drive work on an Alpha. I can't remember exactly what they are, but the ZIP drives come preformatted with a label that Digital Unix just refuses to read, so you can't just disklabel a ZIP disk right out of the case. By the way, we found using the ZIP drive on the Alpha to be such a pain, that we ended up just running samba on the Alpha and copying files to/from ZIP drives attached to PCs. **From izaak_bozof_at_ins.com Sun Aug 2 14:49:51 1998 check out Computer Gate International for various config's of cables.. I think what you need is a SCSI-2 DIN male to DB25 male cable... www.computergate.com **From Thomas.Hopfner_at_lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de Mon Aug 3 09:32:28 1998 it should be possible to get the cable you need in any computer store, as it is a common problem. Only some Mac's have the connector as you already mentioned. You need a 50pin HD (High Density) SCSI-II connector to 25 pin D-Sub. It should be about 20 to 40 US$ and available in a computer store selling external SCSI-ZIP for PCs. Nothing special about your AlphaStation. ;) There's also a program to write a disklabel: ftp://ftp.eece.maine.edu/pub/src/alpha/util/ZIP_disklabel_1.0.tar.gz (I believe it's from Andy Sheaff (sheaff_at_eece.maine.edu)). But on my AlphaStation 255/233 running DU4.0d it was not necessary. The standard procedure (disklabel -rw rzX foobar) did it. Hope this helps, Tom. -- Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Hopfner [http://www.lpr.ei.tum.de/~hopfner] Lab. for Process Control and Real-Time Systems (LPR) Phone: +49-89-289-23554 TU M"unchen, D-80290 M"unchen, Germany Fax : +49-89-289-23555 PGP: Look at my Web-Pages or ``finger hopfner_at_lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de'' **From tpb_at_zk3.dec.com Mon Aug 3 09:32:34 1998 Your local PC store should be able to help; for some reason, Iomega assumes incorrectly that everyone who cares about SCSI must have an Apple Macintosh; the cable you received is compatible with the Macintosh DB25 SCSI port, but few other systems in the world use that style of SCSI connection. Companies like Black Box and most of the PC superstores (like CompUSA) and, I believe, even Iomega have an adapter cable for DB25 to (probably) mini- D50 (the more common current fast narrow SCSI connection). I have purchased such cables at Computer City (now owned by CompUSA), but I don't know what you have in your local area. Tom Dr. Thomas P. Blinn + UNIX Software Group + Compaq Computer Corporation 110 Spit Brook Road, MS ZKO3-2/U20 Nashua, New Hampshire 03062-2698 Technology Partnership Engineering Phone: (603) 884-0646 Internet: tpb_at_zk3.dec.com Digital's Easynet: alpha::tpb ACM Member: tpblinn_at_acm.org PC_at_Home: tom_at_felines.mv.net **From NathanG_at_UTS.Itron.com Mon Aug 3 12:16:26 1998 All you need is a TYPE to TYPE connector. Once you know what type of connector is on your specific Alpha and the type on the drive you should be able to walk into WalMart, K-Mart or CompUSA and pick one up for $5... **From jim.williams_at_mail.alaska.edu Mon Aug 3 18:47:35 1998 Most likely, the connector on the back of the AS255 is a high density 50 pin (HD50) or high density 68 pin (HD68) SCSI2/SCSI3 connector. DEC makes cables in this configuration. I needed one to connect an external cd to a BA362 (HS68 - 50 pin Centronix). I don't have part numbers, but I just called 1800DIGITAL and described what I needed. Any fairly knowledgeable person on the other end should be able to figure out what you'll need. make sure that you know what sex the HD end is (M/F). check the archives for particulars on labeling the zip drive. -- Jim Williams Network Systems Programer Statewide Office of Network Services University of Alaska http://decpc.sons.alaska.edu Email Snail Mail jim.williams_at_alaska.edu P. O. Box 755320 Phone: (907) 474-6290 910 Yukon Dr., Suite 102 Fax: (907) 474-6964 Fairbanks, AK 99775-5320 See web page for PGP fingerprint & public keyReceived on Wed Aug 05 1998 - 13:52:17 NZST
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