Color OneScanner 600/27: SCSI Port Depends on Configuration

There are two connectors on the Apple Color OneScanner 600/27, which of these should I use?
The Apple Color OneScanner 600/27 has two SCSI connectors. The connector you use depends on where the scanner is placed in the SCSI chain. Appendix C of the Color OneScanner 600/27 User's Guide contains information on the various locations in the SCSI chain, and what the SCSI termination should be set to.

Below is a chart providing the basic information provided in Appendix C of the Color OneScanner 600/27 User's Guide.


Scanner is the ONLY device in the SCSI Chain
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Use the Macintosh SCSI System Cable. The Macintosh SCSI System Cable has a 50-pin connector on one end, and a 25-pin connector on the other. The 25-pin connector goes to your Macintosh computer, the 50-pin connectors goes to the Color OneScanner 600/27.

+-----------+                 +-------------------------+
|           | (1)         (2) |                         |
| Macintosh |=================| Color OneScanner 600/27 |
|           |       (3)       |                         |
+-----------+                 +-------------------------+    


(1) 25-pin Connector
(2) 50-pin Connector
(3) SCSI system cable


Scanner is at the Beginning of the SCSI Chain
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When you have multiple SCSI devices an the Color OneScanner 600/27 is placed at the beginning of the SCSI chain, you need two (2) Macintosh SCSI System Cables, and a SCSI peripheral cable for each additional SCSI device.

+-----------+          +-----------+          +--------+          +--------+
|           | (1)  (2) |           | (1)  (2) | SCSI 1 | (2)  (2) | SCSI 2 |
| Macintosh |==========| 600/27    |==========| Device |==========| Device |
|           |   (3)    | Scanner   |   (3)    +--------+    (4)   +--------+
+-----------+          +-----------+    
                                 
(1) 25-pin connector
(2) 50-pin connector
(3) SCSI system cable
(4) SCSI peripheral cable


Scanner is in the Middle of the SCSI Chain
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If you have the Apple Color OneScanner 600/27 in the middle of a SCSI chain, you need two SCSI Systems cables and a SCSI peripheral cable.

+-----------+                            
|           |(1)    (2)+--------+(2)  (2)+---------+        +--------+
| Macintosh |==========| SCSI 1 |========| 600/27  |(1)  (2)| SCSI 2 |
|           |    (3)   | Device |   (4)  | Scanner |========| Device |
+-----------+          +--------+        +---------+   (3)  +--------+

(1) 25-pin connector
(2) 50-pin connector
(3) SCSI system cable
(4) SCSI peripheral cable


SCSI termination information is explained in the Tech Info Library article titled "Apple Color OneScanner 600/27: Terminator is not required".
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012