SCSI upgrade/connection

[Matt_H]

What criteria are you considering? Cost? I have yet to make the investment in a SCSI to IDE adapter myself, but I think that's probably the way to go. SCSI3 drives are getting on in age now and they're loud, power hungry, and hot. But they're fairly cheap and I think there is a certain level of pride in being a SCSI user

An IDE or SATA adapter opens the door to easily-swappable CF cards. Downside is price, and you need one for every device, whereas with a SCSI adapter you can convert your whole chain and use multiple devices hanging off the one adapter.

[Matt_H]

Why not go SCSI2SD? (http://shop.codesrc.com/) At $65 to $73 USD it is a cost effective option.

I'd forgotten about that option! He's out of stock at the moment, but I think I'll be ordering one or two of those when he's resupplied.

Back to the question, both an IDE and an SCSI3 drive will saturate the SCSI-2 bus, but the is a conversion "hit" going from SCSI to IDE that cuts the transfer rate.

Given the age of the SCSI controller itself I imagine the performance hit wouldn't be that noticeable - the whole bus is already comparatively slow