As a generality, one change of pinning between MLB (or HBA) and drive, and even then preferably increasing in magnitude, is workable. Thus an MLB (or HBA) with DB-25 can support 50-pin cables, with or without 68-pin or 80-pin adapters and drives. The converse: a 50-pin drive attached to a 68-pin HBA is more than fraught, not only in its achievement but also in its outcome.
Take that a little further and you will readily recognize that an 80/50/68 transition is foredoomed to resolute and intransigent nothingness. Picture a firehose attached to an opened hydrant, and the firetruck's wheels standing on the hose.
Good to read that you triumphed. It restores our faith in SCSI, which is often maligned as containing a large 'voodoo' element. SCSI is effective, but it also is picky about its playmates.
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Take that a little further and you will readily recognize that an 80/50/68 transition is foredoomed to resolute and intransigent nothingness. Picture a firehose attached to an opened hydrant, and the firetruck's wheels standing on the hose.
Good to read that you triumphed. It restores our faith in SCSI, which is often maligned as containing a large 'voodoo' element. SCSI is effective, but it also is picky about its playmates.
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