HP SureStore Optical Disk Jukeboxes User's Guide - C1104-90015

B-6 Appendix B

Operating This Jukebox on a SCSI Bus

A Brief Overview of SCSI

• This connector is similar to a D-type connector, but smaller and with smaller pin

holes placed closer together.

• 50-pin low-density ribbon (usually internal to the host)

Wide devices (68- pin) use the following connectors:

• 68-pin high density Micro D connector (external)

This connector is similar to a D-type connector, but longer and slimmer and with

smaller pin holes placed closer together. This connector is becoming the most

common.

• 68-pin high density ribbon (usually internal to the host)

NOTE For more complete information on the theory and operation of the SCSI bus, you

may want to go to:

Adaptec - major supplier in SCSI buses

www.adaptec.com

Symbios Logic - Working drafts of SCSI specifications