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Offline IggyTopic starter

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SCSI2SD adapter
« on: May 20, 2015, 12:12:51 PM »
Does anyone have experience trying to use one of these in an A2000?
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Offline pyrre

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2015, 12:09:39 PM »
do you have any links to actual adapters?

Google is your friend. :D
i have been looking for a board like this for ages.
I have to look into this. one board will be ordered as soon as i have payday.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2015, 12:19:41 PM by pyrre »
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Offline Matt_H

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2015, 01:22:40 PM »
The site's compatibility section says it worked in an A2000 with a DKB SCSI controller, so that's a good sign. I plan on ordering one shortly.

Whereas I cannot get my AztecMonster CF adapter to work in my A3000, and I believe others have reported similar problems.

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Offline pyrre

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2015, 04:45:39 PM »
I have a noisy 3 gig scsi drive in my a1200.
if i could replace it with a SD adapter and expand the drive to 4 gig. or even add several such adapters. id be a happy man...
my girlfriend would get a new life... :D
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2015, 06:14:23 PM »
Quote from: pyrre;789694
I have a noisy 3 gig scsi drive in my a1200.
if i could replace it with a SD adapter and expand the drive to 4 gig. or even add several such adapters. id be a happy man...
my girlfriend would get a new life... :D

For an A1200 why not use one of the CF adapters that are about a dime-a-dozen on most sites?  :lol:

Personally if I had an A1200 I'd get Kipper's external model:  http://www.kipper2k.com/cfadapters.html

Adapters for SCSI are a lot harder to come by.  For my money I still stand by the "Mechware" SCSI card readers, but scalpers have those all hoarded up now, you've gotta pay around $200 for one, these days.  :(
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Offline kamelito

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2015, 10:23:12 PM »
I read the linked page an the A3000 is not listed anyone knows why?
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Offline Matt_H

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2015, 10:39:35 PM »
It probably just hasn't been tested. If it works with all that other stuff, it'll probably work in the 3000, too.
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Offline pyrre

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2015, 08:39:01 PM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;789697
For an A1200 why not use one of the CF adapters that are about a dime-a-dozen on most sites?  :lol:
Personally if I had an A1200 I'd get Kipper's external model:  http://www.kipper2k.com/cfadapters.html
Because i already have several ide cf adapters.
but i want to run the os from the internal blizzPPC scsi controller. since it also is faster than the ide....
And i use my internal IDE for cd-rom only. with this adapter.
it makes cd-rom usage go faster. since it moves data from one interface to another. instead of drowning one interface with in and out data...
and i don't have any SCSI cd-roms... only disks and zip..

Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;789697
Adapters for SCSI are a lot harder to come by.  For my money I still stand by the "Mechware" SCSI card readers, but scalpers have those all hoarded up now, you've gotta pay around $200 for one, these days.  :(
No, not really. This little devil should fix the availability issue....
« Last Edit: May 22, 2015, 08:55:10 PM by pyrre »
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2015, 08:57:10 PM »
Quote from: pyrre;789781
Because i already have several ide cf adapters.
but i want to run the os from the internal blizzPPC scsi controller. since it also is faster than the ide....
And i use my internal IDE for cd-rom only. with this adapter.
it makes cd-rom usage go faster. since it moves data from one interface to another. instead of drowning one interface with in and out data...
and i don't have any SCSI cd-roms... only disks and zip..


No, not really. This little devil should fix the availability issue....

LOL.  You didn't mention having a SCSI controller, you just said you  "have a noisy 3GB drive you'd like to replace".  Naturally one would  assume you meant on the IDE bus in reference to an A1200.

Also that device isn't remotely comparable to the ones I mentioned.

Oh well, I give up!  :bitch:
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Offline pyrre

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2015, 09:04:41 PM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;789782
LOL.  You didn't mention having a SCSI controller, you just said you  "have a noisy 3GB drive you'd like to replace".  
eem.. yes, i actually did... read the post again. i wrote SCSI with small letters... :D

Quote from: pyrre;789694
I have a noisy 3 gig scsi drive in my a1200.
if i could replace it with a SD adapter and expand the drive to 4 gig. or even add several such adapters. id be a happy man...
my girlfriend would get a new life... :D


But now we are hijacking the tread from the OP...

looking at the adapter, and reading data about it.
i see no real issue with the adapter not working in any scsi controller.
and besides. the dev of it seems to work quite hard on updating the firmware.
As soon as the money check bounces into my account. I'm ordering one, or eve two...
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Offline motrucker

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2015, 10:33:25 PM »
It looks like this board should be a shoe in for an A2000 with a GVP Accelerator/SCSI adapter in it, or am I missing something. It seems to good to be true.
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Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2015, 09:42:53 AM »
I just bought one of these, they're priced quite well at the moment I think!

http://imall.iteadstudio.com/scsi2sd.html

Postage to the UK is very reasonable as well.

Now I just hope it works ok with an Apollo 2030.
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Offline Matt_H

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2015, 07:39:51 PM »
I just ordered one as well, with the cheapo shipping option. Hopefully it won't take too long to get here!

Going to try to use the multiple-device option to see if I can create a virtual A3070 drive for AMIX...
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Offline Matt_H

Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2015, 09:19:07 PM »
Order arrived today! Well, technically, yesterday, but the mailman wouldn't leave it at my door so I picked it up at the post office this morning. Will report back when I've had a chance to try it out...
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Re: SCSI2SD adapter
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2015, 09:47:04 PM »
I have two of these adapters and they work well, but they aren't really fast. Around 2 MB/sec when being used on a CSPPC, but a great replacement for hdds in my GVP HD8+, A590 and CDTV. Have used 1, 2 and 8 GB cards.
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