50pin SCSI2 Cable for Digi001 Breakout Box?

[q0rban]

I read somewhere that someone had used a 10ft SCSI2 cable to increase the distance b/w the breakout box and the PC. Anyone out there to confirm or give specifics on what kind of cable it was? Digi, any problems doing this that we should know about?


curiouser and curiouser...

-q0rban

[Mark_Knecht]

Hi,
Do a search. There have been posts about this in the last week.

Cheers,
Mark

[q0rban]

i've already found many threads about people talking about it, but none where people have actually done it and reported their successes/failures.

-q0rban

[English Jim]

Copied this from an old post - hope it helps.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR> Cable Extension Success!!
I, too longed to move my noisy Mac into an enclosed rack away from my mixing environment, but was told by Digi Tech Support that a longer cable was not available and if I obtained one on my own, it wouldn't be supported. When I said I'd like to take my chances and asked for a spec on the unusual connector so that I could try to obtain a 3rd party cable, the technie said he didn't know and had no way of finding out. (Ahhh, "service.")
So, I did a little hunting online and ID'd the connector on the Digi001 I/O cable as a rare SCSI-2 connector known as a "micro-centronics 50" (sometimes called a "mini-centronics" or a "HPCN50"). More surfing turned up CS Electronics, a supplier of custom cables in Irvine, CA. For $47.50, they made me a 10-foot replacement cable, which I had in my hands within 48 hours!! Great quality, too.
Have been using it with my Digi001 with no ill effects or timing errors. Don't know if cable lengths longer than 10' would cause the problems that Digi cautions against but, for me, it was worth the shot and it paid off -- no thanks to DigiDesign.
Contact CS Electronics at (949) 475-9100, or "http://www.cselex.com" or [email protected]. <<<
Obviously, you are on your own if you do what this guy did.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[8mmOverdose]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by q0rban:
i've already found many threads about people talking about it, but none where people have actually done it and reported their successes/failures.

-q0rban<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i just read a post the other day where the guy was using a 10' scsi 2 cable with no problems. sounds like you are ok up to 10'.

[8mmOverdose]

Here-

posted by JMS40 - "I solved the noise problem by moving my box out of my recording space. I am using a 10 foot SCSI 2 cable with no problems (readily available form computer suppliers). I'm using a stock case."

[q0rban]

Thanks...i guess i was searching the wrong things or the wrong places...

-q0rban

[JMS40]

Yes, sorry I've been on the road. I made mine (I am now legally blind!),but I see them premade on many computer supply sites. I'd like to try a 15 footer. The quoted post from the past above got me into this. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by 8mmOverdose:
Here-

posted by JMS40 - "I solved the noise problem by moving my box out of my recording space. I am using a 10 foot SCSI 2 cable with no problems (readily available form computer suppliers). I'm using a stock case."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>