30 Aug
2013
30 Aug
'13
6:14 p.m.
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013, Glen Slick wrote:
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ethan Dicks
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
ACARD made a number of ATA<->SCSI bridge devices that would allow an
ATA/IDE device to be used on a SCSI bus, but last I checked they were
reselling used for ~$150-200 USD. I eventually gave up on the idea of
hanging one of these along with a CompactFlash to IDE adapter off an 8-bit
ISA SCSI card that I have.
Here's a way-off idea from existing components... I wonder if one
could attach a SCSI<->IDE adapter to a 3rd Party TMSCP controller? If
so, then one might be able to _then_ hang an IDE<->CF interface off of
that. It would be one CF card==one "tape", but it would work. A
"real" TK50 stores up to 95MB (if the controller keeps the tape fed),
so a 128MB CF card would hold an entire tape's worth of bytes (unless
somehow blocking sizes messed things up and it took a larger card to
digest what was thrown at it).
I wonder how expensive these devices are. I suppose if you can't find
pricing information on the net anywhere and have to call up someone
for pricing information they are probably too expensive for anyone
here, although from the product photos the actual production cost
probably isn't too high.
http://www.ssd.gb.com/Products/SCSI_Bridge_Emulators_to_CF/index.php
http://www.ssd.gb.com/Products/Datasheets/SCSI_Bridge_Emulator_to_CF/PERTEC…