Any decent quality scsi card will have 50 pins. It would be very shortsighted to buy a 25-pin card just to save a few bucks. There are plenty of cable adaptors that will allow you to use a 25-pin device with a 50-pin card.
- Robert Storey On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 18:39:10 -0800 Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 09 December 2001 01:07 pm, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > > <SNIP!> > > > To minimize cost, you want to get a SCSI card with the > > same connector as your scanner. <SNIP!> For an HD50 > > connector get the 2940. For the DB25 connector, get a > > 2904. > > Are you sure you meant the 2904? I cannot find a reference > an Adaptec 2904 model anywhere on the Adaptec site; except > for a European special version "AVA-2904", with a 50-pin > high density external connector, and a 50-pin, flat ribbon > internal connector. > > http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/suppdetail.html?prodkey=AVA-2904 > > There are NO Adaptec 2904 cards listed on eBay; although > there are plenty of 2940 cards there. there is a 2906 > listed, too; it has an external DB25-pin connector; but it > seems to be mostly for the Mac, as far as I can tell (I'm > no good at this stuff, but I'm trying to learn). > > I might just snag a 2940 if I can get it cheap, and then > get a different cable or an adapter. > > Anyway, thanks in advance... :-) > > --m7s > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
