On Apr 6, 12:53, Mike Ford wrote:
> >> Are you thinking of the Pertec magnetic tape interface? I
> >> have a Cifer front-loading half-inch magtape drive that
> >> (I'm told) has the Pertec interface. It has two large
> >> 50-way ribbon cables coming out of the back.
>
> One of the people on another list was asking about a "early SCSI" cable
> that used 2 x 50pin ribbon cables on a hard drive. Was there such a SCSI,
> or is it likely he has a pertec drive?
Much more likely Pertec than SCSI. Original SCSI, and SASI before it, are
50-wire interfaces. However, if he means that an external box had 2 x
50-pin connectors, it could be SCSI; they usually have two sockets so you
can daisy-chain them, or plug in a terminator on the last box.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Fri Apr 06 2001 - 15:48:49 BST