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Offline MrBangTopic starter

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I need A1200 SCSI options.
« on: October 06, 2004, 06:00:13 PM »
I've been using a Surf Squirrel for years with my A1200.  Now that I am using my PCMCIA slot for my networking card, I have to either be on my network or have access to my SCSI chain, but of course never both at once.  My Blizzard PPC doesn't have the on-board SCSI.

It's been a long time since I was shopping for a SCSI solution.  Could anybody jog my memory about any other A1200 SCSI options?  Then I can start searching the internet for some more used hardware!

Thanks.

OH WOW!  I'M AN IDIOT!  I guess this was a hardware question.  Sorry about that.  (Maybe the administrators will move it for me.  They may just delete it and scold me instead.)  SORRY!
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Re: I need A1200 SCSI options.
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2004, 08:10:04 PM »
AFAIK, there is only a single SCSI solution that doesn't use the PCMCIA slot or attach to the trapdoor or accellerator.  That's the Expansion Systems SCSI+.  It attaches to the IDE port and provides an external SCSI connection and a pass through for the IDE.
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Re: I need A1200 SCSI options.
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2004, 07:54:00 AM »
That might be the same thing as the Dataflyer SCSI.

I think it was a basic ribbon that attached to the IDE interface
giving you the use of SCSI devices minus the performance.

You can also attach IDE drives to a SCSI chain if you wish with a
suitable IDE-SCSI adaptor. Not sure what circumstances this would be
useful.

If you have an ethernet card you could always network to a cheap
machine with SCSI drives acting as a server. But you'd just get about
500k/s as opposed to 3-6mb/s on a Blizzard SCSI style setup.

There is a package on Aminet that allows you to network using the SCSI
interface, not quite sure how that would work but I seem to remember
there being a big snag to it's usability.
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Re: I need A1200 SCSI options.
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2004, 09:46:25 AM »
There is also a SCSI controller which connects to the Parallelport. Believe it's called Mainhattan or something rather.
Do not expect much performance, but it will allow you to access SCSI devices.
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Re: I need A1200 SCSI options.
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2004, 11:01:06 PM »
I remember a TV show in the UK that had a weekly slot featuring the
Japanese 'Shindogu Useless Invention Society'.

A parallel port SCSI controller MUST have been invented by them.

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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