50 pin SCSI to 50 pin centronics

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Sat Apr 14 02:31:20 2001

>On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
>
>> >> What this really says is that in order to connect two devices, you have
>> >>to know
>> >> precisely what you're doing. That's hard, nowadays, when the mfg's
>> >>documents
>> >> are printed in large type on a business card. Things have gone downhill.
>>
>> Someplace in my "collection" I have a "smart" cable, just plug it in and it
>> configures itself for just about anything DB25.
>
>RS-232 only.

Actually I think it is supposed to be smart enough to handle serial/modem,
and I don't know about current loop. I haven't tried it with SCSI either,
but stranger things have happened. I think its called a smart comm so
likely SCSI is out.

BTW this cable has NO SWITCHES, its all automatic via some internal
circuit. I forget if it has anythng fancy like LEDs, but definately no
switches or jumpers.
Received on Sat Apr 14 2001 - 02:31:20 BST