[rescue] SCSI solutions for Sparcstation Voyager

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

That is interesting as the SCSI cable is an odd one and there were limited
drives unless you have an adapter cable

I would also be interested in knowing what you used no hurry....

Peter

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On 8 Nov 2018, at 18:45, Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote:

>> I'm pulling out my Voyager to play with again.
>
> Sweet toy, innit? :-)
>
>> [...] I'm nervous about the internal 2.5" SCSI drive.  It's working
>> now (knock on wood) but I know I should consider a replacement for
>> this guy.
>
> For my Voyager, I found a SCSI-to-IDE adapter that was thin enough that
> (and mounted such that) when combined with a thin (~5mm thick) IDE
> laptop drive, the result fit in the Voyager.
>
> Unfortunately I don't have details, and my Voyager is in storage at the
> moment.  There is a (discouragingly small) chance I may be able to dig
> it out and look at it soon, but, if not, I hope that simply knowing
> such adapters exist may be of some use to you.
>
> And, if it's an option for you, there's always netboot.
>
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