[rescue] let's revisit the whole FC-AL thing

[Brian Hechinger]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 04:45:39AM -0500, nick at snowman.net wrote:
> I'm still looking into it, but the problem is 1. I'm not a competent
> enough PCBer.

is the PCB really even needed?  not really i don't think, it might be
possibly to live without it.

> 2. I'd need some volume.

define some.

> 3. the SCA connectors run 5$ a pop, my current theory uses 24 in a SSA style
> setup.

so that's $120.  which would be TWO of the connectors from this guy.  what do
you think the chances of converting my SSA to hold FC-AL drives would be?  it's
definitely broken, but the power supply does work, and i know it'll happily
feed 30 drives.

> Thoughts/suggestions welcome.

nothing off the top of my head.  maybe someone else has something useful to
say.

-brian

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