Re: ST-506 to SCSI controller info want

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From: David Gingold
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1988 15:23

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In article <76000240@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>So why doesn't some enterprising engineering company make a ST-506 -
>to - SCSI drive controller?

Adaptec makes such a board.  I have one; it's great.  The ACB4000A is
a ST506 to SCSI, and the 4070 board supports RLL drives.  I use the 4000A
with a 10 Meg drive; I'm certain that the drive is far slower than the board.

I bought the board from Computer Surplus for $89, and another $8 for the
manual.

I have also heard that there is an Adaptec board which has been optomised for
Macintosh use.

If there is enough interest, I'd be happy to post a long description of the
process of building your own hard drive for the mac.  It works out to be a
good bargain if you can get a good deal on a drive.  The drives used are
ST506 compatable, the standard used with IBM PCs.

-david gingold
gingold@endor.harvard.edu, or whatever address scheme floats your boat.

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Subject: Re: ST-506 to SCSI controller info want
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