[Re: [Re: [SunRescue] Any experience with IDE to SCSI adapters???]]

[Arnach]

Yes, sounds good for a laptop, but remember were talking about a SS1000E here,
not a laptop..

How big are these adaptors? I had trouble fitting a 68-50 adaptor (small) into
an SS2..i don't know about the layout of the SS1000 but its probably similar
to all the other "old" desktop Suns i've used.

-- Aaron Finley

Reagen Ward <ward at zilla.nu> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 11:15:33PM -0400, Arnach wrote:
> 
> > 1) Native SCSI is bound to be faster. (SCSI is just faster anyway)
> 
> Agreed, SCSI is usually faster even with just one device.
> 
> > 2) Where are you going to put this adaptor..if you are talking about
internal
> > SCSI drives its not going to work.
> 
> Why not?  I adapt from SCA to 68pin FWSE SCSI, why not to IDE?  I know that
they
> exist for 2.5" drives as well, as both Tadpole and Apple have used them.
> 
> > 3) Chances are it won't work 100% correct and you'll have SCSI errors
> 
> The new ones seem to work very well.
> 
> > 4) You really won't be saving any money? Just buy SCSI drives.
> 
> Compare the price of a 2.5" SCSI drive to a 2.5" IDE drive.  Compare the
price
> of a 40GB IDE drive to a 36GB SCSI drive, even a narrow one.  Big
difference.
> 
> My only interest in such devices is for a SPARCBook and a Powerbook, both
using
> 2.5" SCSI drives, so I don't know much about the price of a 3.5" SCSI/IDE
> adapter.
> 
> Reagen
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