19 Mar
2009
19 Mar
'09
4:48 p.m.
ken
be aware that most of these switches do NOT support "hot switching".
you will need to power down both s760's (and possibly the drives),
then do the switch, then reboot. caveat: it's been years since i
fiddled with SCSI so newer devices may have become available that do
"hot switch", but double-check to be sure. if you have to power down,
etc. it kind of defeats the purpose of the switch. i've also heard
that you can sometimes connect two devices to the same scsi drive -
go from one s760 to the drive, loop out of that drive to the second
s760. however, i don't know if the 760's allow this or whether there
would be other issues with this. research needed.
good luck
b
On Mar 19, 2009, at 4:28 PM, k2500x _ wrote:
Hi Gary thanks for the reply! I went to the electronic city web
site and did not see any scsi switches. Any idea what model number
I'm looking for and what price I should expect to pay? I also
posted links to two switches below. Do you think these will work
just as good?
Only one of my S760 has the video upgrade so I don't think a video
switch will help me, right?
Thanks again,
Ken
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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:17:13 -0700
From: chaseman(a)socal.rr.com
To: k2500x(a)hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [sgroup] SCSI switch box?
We've been using 8 760s on 1 SCSI buss for years successfully...
You'll
need 2 boxes, 1 for SCSi and 1 for video, both with an 8 selector
pot...
You can order them from Electronic City in Burbank if you're in LA or
check your local Radio Shack.
Gary
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See http://www.generalconcepts.com/sgroup/ for more information. Using multiple S-760s and was wondering if anyone
has experience
with using manual SCSI switch boxes?
Would like to share one scsi HD with multiple S-760s.
http://www.cablesonline.net/abcnscsiswit1.html
Here is one such switch box. This claims to be an actual SCSI
switch with CN50 cables supported.
http://www.cablesonline.net/dbabswitbox1.html
Here is a DB25 box that is usually used for parallel printers,
but it uses the same DB25 connector that is on the back of the
S760 so I'm not sure why it wouldn't work.
Also, is there an actual difference between SCSI and parallel
DB25 cables? I understand that you should not interface one with
the other, but is the actual DB25 cable itself different? The
reason I ask is because parallel cables are so much cheaper.
Thanks in advance!
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