Well, I figured this was more a question about the DEC drive than the
Atari computer. I still don't know is that drive is parity or
non-parity,,

    Thanks,
        -Mike


David Brownlee wrote:
> 
>         You might want to ask on port-atari - they're more liable to have
>         experience with atari hardware (Albeit mostly TT030, falcon, and
>         hades :)
> 
>                 You might
> 
>                 David/absolute
> 
>                   -=-  and team B will be... Kenny.  -=-
> 
> On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 mjbedy@mtu.edu wrote:
> 
> >    Hello again, got a question for you SCSI guru's out there:
> >
> >    When I got my DECstation, a whole pile of internal drives and one
> > external drive came with it. The external drive has just been sitting
> > around waiting for a use. Now I think I've found an (odd) use for it,
> > but I need some advice.
> >
> >    I have an old Atari STe (remember those?) that was my first real
> > computer (I'm still in college now, so about Jr. High I got it.) For
> > misty nostalgia reasons I would like to hook the external SCSI drive to
> > it. I have found someone selling an old ACSI-to-SCSI adapter for $25.
> > and I would would jump at the chance if the following conditions are
> > met:
> >
> >    1) It will not work with drives that require 'parity.' It will only
> > work with 'non-parity' drives. and:
> >
> >    2) It will not work with drives that require 'SCSI Initiator'
> > support.
> >
> >    The drive I have is an RZ55-FA 300meg OLD monster of a drive. My
> > knowlege of SCSI is nil, so I would really appreciate it if someone
> > could answer the above questions.
> >
> >    Thanks in advance!
> >
> >           - Mike
> >