[SPARCbook] SCSI/IDE Adapters

[Ken Hansen]

The PowerBook (or whatever) SCIS/IDE drives being sold for $400 (for a 6.4
Gig drive/adapter combo) are latest-generation devices, both in the adapter
and the base drive. Older IDE drives, and older SCSI/IDE adapters may not
perform as well as the newer devices... Of course, I could have simply been
duped by some marketing hype, but it makes sense to me.

The original SCSI 2.5" drives were not that fast at all. IIRC. I believe
they were slower than comparative 3.5" drives of the same era...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hatle, Steven J." <shatle at vue.com>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: [SPARCbook] SCSI/IDE Adapters


> All,
>
> A while back I purchased a SCSI/IDE adapter that allowed me to put an IDE
> laptop disk into my Sparcbook. It's working great, and I let John know
that
> if he had more, he could probably move some here on the SB list. Per the
> e-mail below, I've given John the instructions on how to find the
SparcBook
> mailing list, so hopefully he will pop in soon.
>
> As far as  how the card works, it piggybacks on the drive, and the whole
> assembly fits fine in my Sparcbook sled. When I installed the OS on the
> drive, I had to pass the head/cylinder/sector info to the 'format' program
> before it could deal with the drive, but after that, everything works just
> fine. It seems slightly slower than my straight SCSI drive, but
considering
> how much cheaper it is to add disk with this thing vs. 2.5" SCSI disks,
it's
> very much worth it in my opinion. With the second sled I got from Paul at
> Tadpole, I now have a "work drive" and a "play drive" for my SB! <grin>
>
> I have no affiliation with John, other than as a satisfied customer. I
don't
> know his current price on these things, but I got mine for substantially
> less than the $200-300 I've seen discussed for these at retail, if you can
> find them <grin>.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Bowdler
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 11:46 PM
> To: Hatle, Steven J.
> Subject: RE: SCSI IDE ADTX Thing
>
>
> Hi Steve,
> Hey, how about turning me on to that mailing list. I've been selling these
> and I got about 10 left. Let me know if/when you can.
> Thanks again,
> John
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