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From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: SCSI to ST506 adapter
Message-ID: <1990Oct8.203349.16842@agora.uucp>
Date: 8 Oct 90 20:33:49 GMT
References: <4868@crash.cts.com> <34650@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Open Communication Forum
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In article <34650@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
:hawk@pnet01.cts.com (John Anderson) in <4868@crash.cts.com> writes:
:
:	I've heard of people mention an "Adaptec SCSI to ST 506" adapter or
:	connector.  I have 2 Seagate ST-251 drives that i would like to
:	connnect to a new GVP SCSI controller.  Can someone who has this
:	information please let me knnow where I can find this adapter.  I saw
:	a few in computer shopper but some had a ST506/407 on the end of the
:	name so I don't know which one to get.  Will I be able to hook both of
:	my hard drive to the connector? Thank you ahead of time for any and
:	all help.
:
:The Adaptec 4000-series of SCSI-to-ST506 adapters is what you're seeking.
:The 4000A adapts one or two ST506 drives (e.g. your ST251) to a SCSI bus, and
:the 4070 adapts one or two "2,7 RLL" rated drives (such as an ST277R) to a
:SCSI bus.
:
: [Thad has ACB-4000A cards left over for sale...]
:
:If you're still interested, send email and perhaps we can work out a deal on a
:4000A.  If you want to buy a brand-new 4000A, you'll have to contact Weird
:Stuff Warehouse in Milpitas, CA (on Sycamore Drive; sorry, no phone number
:handy; call 408/555-1212 and ask for their number).
:
:Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]

	Actually, if you're going to buy from Weird Stuff Warehouse, you're
better off getting the ACB-5500 instead. It's cheaper, handles up to four
ST-506 drives (or two ESDI) and does a bit better job in SCSI I implementation.
(Disconnect/reconnect support for one...)
	The ACB-4000A and ACB-4070 are better supported by the Amiga SCSI
controller manufacturers though.
-- 
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