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I'm lost, I have a internal 68 pin SCSI-3 Seagate, and internal 50 pin CD-rom 
Toshiba 3401, and an external 68 pin adapter to 50 pin connected to my scanner. 
 This is not suppose to work?

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> In article <33f70dc3.1339105@news.fix.net>
>            gpeterso@sloweb.com "Gary Peterson" writes:
> 
> >On Sat, 16 Aug 1997 01:55:47 GMT, alister@aosrsrch.demon.co.uk wrote:
> >
> >>I just installed the Adaptec 2940 Ultra Wide card and connected a
> >>Yamaha CDR400C to the internal 50-pin connector on the card and the
> >>HP5P Scanner to the "wide" external connector via a 68-pin to 50-pin
> >>SCSI cable. The internal 68-pin connector has nothing on it.
> >>
> >>Well - the CD writer works like a dream but the scanner won't work at
> >>all. The manual says the scanner is SCAM compliant and terminates
> >
> >My 2940 Card will only allow 2 of the 3 Cable connectors.
> 
> That is a basic SCSI limitation, unless the card supports more that one
> separate bus.
> 
> >If you are using
> >the exterior 68 pin, then you can only use one of the interior ones. Since
> >the CD-R is on the interior 50 pin, that means that you should have nothing
> >on the 68 pin (No Hard drive!)
> 
> That was the stated configuration.
> 
> >To get around this, I got a 5 connection 50 pin interior cable and used an
> >adaptor on the first connector to make an exterior 50 pin H/P plug. The
> >stock exterior 68pin on the 2940 is not used.
> 
> It depends what you mean by "first connector". You can do this but the
> host adapter and external socket *must* be attached at the 2 physical ends
> of the cable. If you don't have anything plugged into the external socket
> you'll have to put a terminator plug there instead.
> 
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> Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
> Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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