[geeks] SCSI for PowerBooks?

[Matthew Braun]

I've had a project on the back burner for a while now (setting up a 
4-drive, 200 disc jukebox for CD ripping)[0] that I'm ready to 
undertake. However, I've encountered a annoying problem: my fastest 
machine is my precious little PowerBook G4 (1ghz, 1Gb ram) but the 
jukebox is SCSI. I'm running OS X, but it seems that Apple's desire to 
migrate to the IOKit for device interaction has caused manufacturers to 
barf. Hence, I can't find any OS X compatible PCMCIA cards. Adaptec has 
one card but the driver is in a permanent beta (Adaptec has 
discontinued OS X support and won't be doing any more development). The 
other is by a company called Ratoc and a) their website looks really 
cheezy which doesn't inspire confidence in their products and b) it 
only supports drives and scanners.

I've looked into SCSI->Firewire bridges, but for some reason, they all 
appear to be discontinued (?). So I was wondering, does anyone have any 
recommendations for solutions (apart from getting a cardbus chassis 
expansion unit)?

[0] Purchased off ebay for $22 (score!)

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