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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« on: August 14, 2012, 12:23:52 AM »
Have a look at those SCSI <--> P-ATA bridges and those for S-ATA.

Otoh, SCSI-1, SCSI-2 is not so much in use. So it's being phased out..
But you can always build something.. ;)
 

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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2012, 10:25:34 AM »
Of course you can use U320 drive with SCSI2 etc.. BUT the cost won't likely make it worthwhile.
But do consider that the SCSI2 SE interface is quite basic to interface with.

However with Ethernet etc.. you could put the harddrive anywhere and put the noisy harddiscs where you don't have to listen to them.
 

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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2012, 05:20:38 PM »
Old drives = end of useful lifetime, high probability for "all you data are belong /dev/null"
 

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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 01:54:57 PM »
And the Amiga environment ain't the best place to execute a backup ;)
 

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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 05:22:54 PM »
SCSI-1/2 <--> Ethernet would be great ;)

Works like intended without the direct hardware dependencies.
 

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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2012, 08:24:00 PM »
U320 is also very different from SCSI-1/2 so a serious converter will still be needed..
 

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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2012, 01:19:07 AM »
Vintage and SCA sounds like "Vintage Quad core 5 GHz" ;)
 

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Re: SCSI disks in this day and age?
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2012, 01:43:27 PM »
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