a friend of mine just found a rack that he thinks might have been from
a RISC server ...it contains 6 harddrives 80 pin SCSI SCA2

here is the link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...ST19171WC.html


anyone know if there's a controller that would allow the use of these in a
PC?
(my guess is that if such a thing exists, it would prob. be more expensive
than
it;s worth)

barring that, if anyone could use the drives
just send me an email

"John McGaw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:RSxXa.5136$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "philo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bgkbfc$pv89u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > a friend of mine just found a rack that he thinks might have been from
> > a RISC server ...it contains 6 harddrives 80 pin SCSI SCA2
> >
> > here is the link
> >
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...ST19171WC.html
> >
> >
> snip...
> Any standard SCSI controller supporting 56-pin devices should work fine.
It
> is PROBABLY possible to adapt the 80-pin bus in the rack to one of these
> controllers. It is ABSOLUTELY possible to adapt the drives themselves to a
> standard 56-pin cable SCSI using little interface boards available from a
> number of sources. One example:
>
>
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...p?sku=TC1-6500
>
> given that these are only 9.1 gB drives it might not be reasonable to
spend
> the money unless you can be sure that one adapter will serve to interface
to
> the whole bus-worth of drives though. The rack will have to have the power
> supply(ies) in place to make this worthwhile BTW.
> --
> John McGaw
> [Knoxville, TN, USA]
>


thanks for the info!

although the price of the adaptor is pretty low...
it;s prob not worth it for just a 9 gig drive...

well maybe someone who can use them will let me know...
otherwise they make nice paperweights <g>