scsi question

[triple face]

yo i want to hook a hard drive up to the scsi port on my mpc2xl is there a certain kind of hard drive i need or will any work?

 

[bigdmakintrax]

SCSI is a standard, it allows you to daisy chain up to like 7 devices....the last device on the bus needs to be terminated, the normal device that I have used or I see most use is a SCSI zip drive, they are harder and harder to find, the last two I purchased on ebay, the other option is a scsi hard drive which you can have access to more space.......but once you add one of them you will be happy you don't have to load floppy's anymore...

 

[triple face]

SCSI is a standard, it allows you to daisy chain up to like 7 devices....the last device on the bus needs to be terminated, the normal device that I have used or I see most use is a SCSI zip drive, they are harder and harder to find, the last two I purchased on ebay, the other option is a scsi hard drive which you can have access to more space.......but once you add one of them you will be happy you don't have to load floppy's anymore...

so if i only have one device it needs to be terminated right?

 

[bigdmakintrax]

Exactly it has to terminated and that would be with a jumper if you got a HD or just move the switch on the Zip Drive.

 

[O-H-TEN]

Word! I got a 1gb jaz drive hooked up to mine and it works fine. Loads and saves fast as hell and holds mad info. It was also cheap as hell on ebay. The disks can be partitioned also.
ONE

 

[Formant024]

and if you add a pci card like an Adaptec 2940II you can hook either that HD or MPC to your pc.

 

[triple face]

Exactly it has to terminated and that would be with a jumper if you got a HD or just move the switch on the Zip Drive.

what is a jumper? does it come with the hard drive?

 

[bigdmakintrax]

If you have a HD, a lot have a small diagram either on the bottom or side that show you a bank of pairs of pins......usually there is a spare jumper in the neutral or unshorted position........a jumper basically shorts or completes the circuit and enables that pair.......

 

[Louie Lou]

get yourself a SmartCard Reader. The new MPC's are SmartCard ready, instead of a zip or floppy. You can do a DIY Atapi (with minor modifications) or a SCSI without any power modifications. Note: SCSI Smartcard Readers are hard to find (good luck on this). The new v1.20 OS for the XL supports these cards (ATAPI).

more info.
http://www.midicase.com/card_reader_guide.htm.