>Ooooook
>In an interest to put past unpleasantness behind us and actually talk
>and learn 'puter stuff, I have questions regarding SCSI.
>You'll have to remember my son has the StarMax 3000 across the ocean
>from me so I don't have the advantage of actually viewing the
>motherboard. I have faith that when he gets a new battery in we will get
>the baby up and running again and on to the next project. (I'll let you
>know how that goes). This is getting a larger hard drive or perhaps a
>CD-RW, or both.
>First, he does (as we all do) need a larger HD. We got a 4 GB IDE drive
>but then there is no extra spot to put it, my mistake, so maybe we'll
>replace the original 2.4 drive with it. In the research I've done on the
>few SM sites, the pictures they show are of an available SCSI port on
>the MB but maybe they just pull the cable to show. I've also read
>mention of a Motorola "upgrade" kit. What's the connection inside?
The upgrade kit just plugs into the SCSI port on the MB, and I
believe there is a circuit board in it. I'm really not too sure what
it does though, I don't have it in my 4000, and I've got 3 SCSI
devices running quite happily.
>I understand enough about external SCSI devices but what about internal?
>The SM is 25 pin right? Is that SCSI 1? Then there's SCSI 2, is that 50
>pin? What connectors or adapters do I need to hook up an internal SCSI
>HD?
The internal SCSI is 50 Pin, and I believe it is SCSI 2, you won't
need any adapters if you're going to connect 50pin devices. You will
if you want to use UltraSCSI devices which are 68pin.
>Do I need that kit with multiple connectors? Should I stick with 25
>pin or go with the seemingly much easier to get 50 pin and an adapter?
All you really need is a SCSI ribbon with enough conectors too run
your devices. I got my 4000 second hand, and it came with the blue 7
connector ribbon that apparently comes with the SCSI kit, minus the
circuit board.
>Is a SCSI HD faster than IDE? You see how fast it gets confusin... help
>me sort it out.
The onboard SCSI doesn't appear to be all that fast, but it's fine
for most purposes, I run my SCSI burner on it without any problems.
Craig
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