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Re: Adding a second drive to Sparc 2

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From: Larry Blumette
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 00:00
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I made my own powercable by raiding an old PC. I took two male ends and spliced
the wires together. As fo the SCSI cable I took an old one, selected the two
closest connectors and chopped off the excess.

Craig Dewick wrote:

> In <36654438.582812349@news.mcit.com> shawn.bernard@mci.com (ShawnB) writes:
>
> >I have a second hard drive that I want to add to my newly acquired
> >Sparc 2.  The only problem is that when I opened up the Sparc, I
> >noticed a lack of ribbon cable and power connectors.  Where do I get
> >these?  Are they standard models that I can get at any computer store?
>
> Ok, the short SCSI drive data and power cables are not usually supplied with
> the machines unless drives are actually fitted. The cables, and plastic
> mounting bracket are usually available from surplus dealers as a package
> costing between US$10 and $20 depending where you source it from.
>
> You can't get them at a normal computer store since they only stock parts
> for Pocket Calculators (aka PC's), but you could easily make your own if you
> have the right tools, and can source the parts needed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.
> --
>             Sun Ripened Kernels -- http://www.zeta.org.au/~craig/srk
>                 Surplus and pre-loved Sun Microsystems equipment.
>            Based in Waterfall (south-eastern Sydney), NSW, Australia.
>        Operated by Craig Dewick - craig@zeta.org.au - cd@lios.apana.org.au
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From: Larry Blumette <removethis.lblumett@usa.net>
Subject: Re: Adding a second drive to Sparc 2
Date: 1998/12/08
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