Izaak Bozof (izaak.bozof@lexicon.ins.com)
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 02:32:51 -0400
I don't know precisely how it is designed. AFAIK, it has a scsi chipset on
board (symbios logic). (**I am hypothesizing here). The IDE controller is
a device on the scsi bus with ide 0 and 1 somehow converted to scsi 0 and
scsi 1.
I can make some photos of it for whomever is interested in it. I am not
going to post them to the group, but if you are interested, let me know. I
also received an email-datasheet from the company that I will send if
anyone is interested.
izaak
At 07:50 p 4/17/99 , you wrote:
>Folks,
>
>Excuse me. Something is not right here. There is no simple
>passive IDE to SCSI converter. They are not just different
>pinouts, but completely different protocols.
>
>Brian Beuning
>
>Rusty Lingenfelter wrote:
>
>> Count me in if the price is right. I have a SparcBook also and this might be
>> a good solution.
>>
>> Rusty
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ken Hansen [mailto:khansen@njcc.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 1999 2:19 AM
>> To: axp-list@redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: Hot Tip: UDB hard drive
>>
>> Izaak,
>> I would be interested in one (maybe two, how cheap?), please
>> let me know anything you find out about these parts... I have a
>> non-Alpha need for these (a Tadpole SPARCbook that ONLY
>> uses SCSI 2.5" drives - I have heard these adapters can be used
>> to allow larger (up to 6.4 Gig!) to be installed.
>>
>> The best I can find is a 2.1 Gig IDE HD with an SCSI adapter
>> attached for $349...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ken
>> khansen@njcc.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Izaak Bozof <izaak.bozof@lexicon.ins.com>
>> To: axp-list@redhat.com <axp-list@redhat.com>
>> Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 12:45 AM
>> Subject: Hot Tip: UDB hard drive
>>
>> >I don't know if anyone is aware of these, but I have found a company in
>> >Japan that manufactures IDE to SCSI converters for 2.5 inch drives! I
>> >bought one and plugged my 6 gig IDE IBM thinkpad drive in and voila, I have
>> >SRM reporting that I have a new SCSI hdd in the system.
>> >
>> >I am curious if anyone else is interested in this. The unit I got was
>> >used, and I tracked down the manufacturer from the markings on the unit.
>> >If you are interested, please let me know. If there are enough people we
>> >can make a bigger purchase. I have no idea how much they go for new, and I
>> >will be contacting the company next week with a friend (who speaks
>> Japanese).
>> >
>> >There is also another model that allows TWO ide hard drives connected to a
>> >scsi interface. I would love to get one of these and see if I can put two
>> >drives in the system (dump the floppy).
>> >
>> >any takers?
>> >
>> >izaak
>> >
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