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From: jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: "The SCSI Bus"  Bus transfers to other busses?
Keywords: st-506 scsi conversion
Message-ID: <2538@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 90 04:38:27 GMT
References: <41240@milano.sw.mcc.com> <919@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Reply-To: jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko)
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In article <919@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Lupton@es.stratus.com (Bradshaw Lupton) writes:
>Having a couple of old st-506 boat anchors, an a cramped mac....
>
>Does an affordable st-506 to scsi conversion exist?
>
>I expect that its too complicated and doesn't.

Adaptec makes a SCSI-ST506 controller, along with a SCSI-ESDI
controller.

Both are available used/recon from Computer Surplus Store 408-434-0377.
The ST506 controller is called a 4010 and is $109. The ESDI controller
is called a 4520 and is $98. Manuals are $8.

SilverLining may or may not work with the ST506 controller. I've heard
that it does work with the ESDI controller. 

Diversified I/O (408-745-0344) also makes a formatter/driver for both
controllers. It suposedly supports multiple disks per controller and
partitioning (although if you have two disks on a controller you can't
have partitioning).

Jeff

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