A4000 hard disc

[matt3k]

Hi Sir Graham,

My humble recommendation is to use the cyberscsi controller.  It will be much faster than IDE.  I recently purchased an adapter to convert SATA to SCSI and went with an SATA SSD.  Even a new SATA 2.5 drive will be a good fix.

Yes the speed will be greater then the cyberscsi can possible reach but, the drive will be brand new providing the longest life experience and you will see speed in the neighborhood of 8mb/s which will be MUCH faster than IDE.

Have used PFS for many years, use the direct scsi driver and you can select any size (what ever the limit of pfs is) partitions.  IMHO it is worth the extra money to have the speed and long life of a new drive...

Good luck...

Matt

[matt3k]

You will not find a new 50 pin scsi drive.  Those drives will be at 20 years old and I don't recommend them to be very reliable.

I would go with a sata to scsi adapter, still may need a 68 pin to 50 pin adapter.

If you you direct scsi and pfs 3 don't need to worry about partition sizes.


Take care,

Matt

[matt3k]

They cost lots and lots of money.


So why get a SATA->SCSI adapter?

The best value for money would be a modern SCSI 3 drive and an adapter. You could get the two for about €30

Your right Alex, they are expensive, but if you want a brand new SSD they are the only option.

I agree the best value would be a SCSI 3 Drive and an adapter.  Can you buy scsi ssds?   Can you still buy new scsi hard disks?