[rescue] SCSI solutions for Sparcstation Voyager

Michael Parson mparson at bl.org
Mon Nov 12 21:48:17 CST 2018


On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Mouse wrote:

>>> For my Voyager, I found a SCSI-to-IDE adapter that was thin enough
>>> that (and mounted such that) when combined with a thin (~5mm thick)
>>> IDE laptop drive, the result fit in the Voyager.  [...]
>> I believe that Mouse is thinking of the ADTX SCSI to IDE laptop drive
>> adapter.
>
> Possibly.  The name doesn't sound right, but those memories are old
> enough that I have little confidence that that means anything.  (It was
> back in the late '80s or early '90s that I did that conversion.)

There were at least 2 different laptop IDE to SCSI adapters around.  The
ADTX one had an 8 gig limit and was reportedly pretty slow.  I have the
other one somewhere around here, info on it is in the sparcbook list
archives, I used a 20 gig drive with it in my 3GX.

-- 
Michael Parson
Pflugerville, TX
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