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NeXT CD-ROM drive: What kind of SCSI connecter does it have ?

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From: Thomas Tschannen
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 08:27
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I've got a few questions in connection with the 
NeXT CD-ROM drive.

1) I heard you need a SCSI-I to SCSI-II cable in order to connect it.
   Does this mean the drive (I asume it is a new product) is
   a SCSI-I device ?

2) In FAQ to csnh I read that you can use the SUN cables as 
   SCSI-I to SCSI-II cable. Well, all the peripherals I've seen
   so far connected to our SUNs have a DB-50 connecter. The DB-50 
   connect looks just like the one used with the NeXT laser printer but
   with 50 pins in 3 rows. Does that mean a SCSI-I to SCSI-II cable
   has a high density plug on one side (to connect to the NeXT) and a
   DB-50 plug on the other side ?

3) What type of plug does the CD-ROM drive have on its back ?
   (Could imagine a DB-50 or a centronics 50 pin plug)

4) Does the NeXT CD-ROM drive have an internal terminator for 
   the SCSI-bus ?

5) I've heard the the NeXT CD-ROM drive supports beside others a 
   NeXT specific format. Does that mean that everybody with say a
   SUN CD-ROM drive will be lost sometime in the future when NeXT starts
   to ship sw in their own format ?

Thank you very much for your help.

Thomas
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Subject: NeXT CD-ROM drive: What kind of SCSI connecter does it have ?
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