[rescue] Needed: 50-pin SCSI disks

[John Hudak]

Much appreciated....thank you!

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Romain Dolbeau <romain at dolbeau.org> wrote:

> 2017-04-12 15:18 GMT+02:00 John Hudak <jjhudak at gmail.com>:
> > Has anybody used this particular device? Your results?
>
> As I mentioned - V5 in an IPX, no issue. It's not very fast, but it's
> not slower than the original disk drive (and much, much roomier). Had
> V5 been much cheaper, I would have bought a whole bunch to replace all
> the 50 pins HDD in my vintage hardware :-)
>
> > From the version descriptions on the webpage, after 6 versions, still is
> > kinda flakey..
>
> V6 is a full redesign ; V3/V4/V5 are pretty much functionally
> identical but V5 uses a much smaller PCB. Apparently, V6 should be
> faster with support for 10 MB synchronous SCSI-2, but is less
> compatible with older hardware... at least that's what I gather from
> the website and comments in forums, I don't own a V6.
>
> Cordially,
>
> --
> Romain Dolbeau
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