[SPARCbook] Sparcbook 3GX drive or info needed

[Jay Tingle]

I had an extra caddy so I am sending it off to Chase tomorrow.  I am
clearing out some other parts so if anyone is interested in any of the
following let me know.

Sparcbook 3 Hard Drive Caddy with SCSI Adapter + Apple 1.3gb scsi hard
drive(no idea if it still works)
Sparcbook 3 Hard Drive Caddy(1 tab broken) + IBM DPRS-21215 SCSI Hard
drive with adapter(no idea if HDD works)
2 x ZVC55-12-G official Tadpole adapters for Sparcbook(Bought these
brand new from Tadpole and never used them, missing the standard
laptop power cable part you can find anywhere)
1 Sparcbook 3 SCSI Floppy Drive, no cables but it is 50pin SCSI

thanks,
Jason


On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Justin H Haynes
<justin at justinhaynes.com> wrote:
> My 3gx works fine with a scsi to cf adapter.  You should be able to find a
caddy eventually.  You see them apart on eBay every now and again.  Open BSD
is the only modern and still maintained os that will run on it afaik.  I'm
very happy with mine.  It doesn't get frequent use but it does get used as a
router from time to time our as a network tap.  Also nice for any application
where absolute silence is required as there is no fan on processor and with cf
there is no hd noise.  However, there is some odd electronic noise when it has
a WiFi card or when you move Windows in x Windows.   Not loud though.
>
> Note that you can get 32bpp in x.  You just have to compile it into the
openbsd driver.  Check sparc at openbsd archive.
>
> Doesn't answer your question I understand, hopefully this is useful anyhow.
>
> chase rayfield <cusbrar2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I bought a caddyless and driveless 3GX recently. I seems to boot up just
fine to the prom and passes diagnostics. I Also bought 2 32Mb sticks to
upgrade it to 64Mb ram. I also hope to rebuild the battery pack. Hopefully
with significantly better capacity.
>>
>>
>>Does anyone have a drive or caddy? Also if not I may end up making my own
makeshift drive out of a powermonster CF to scsi adapter and possibly custom
pcb or cable. But, that leaves me wondering what the exact type of connector i
need is.
>>
>>it appears similar to SCA-2... I'd need a male connector on the drive. the
3GX manual and powermonster CF adapter manual at least give all the pinouts so
it should not be too hard to make an adaptor for it to my sparcbook if I was
sure of the physical connector type.
>>
>>If I can get that done I would then need a caddy... perhaps someone could 3d
scan thier drive caddy?
>>
>>
>>Chase
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