27 Feb
2017
27 Feb
'17
5:41 p.m.
This is probably a long shot, but does anyone have a Sparcbook 3TX hard
drive? I know they're difficult to find.
I have a 3TX in great condition, but no drive.
(hopefully this isn't a repost, I tried this when the list was having
issues and don't think it went through)
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Ben Sinclair
ben at bensinclair.com
27 Feb
27 Feb
6:10 p.m.
Hello Ben,
Sorry I can not assist you directly.
I believe that many people in your situation, and similar, are successfully
using the SCSI2SD adapter
<http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD>
Hope that there is something here that helps.
Jerry
On 02/27/17 07:41 PM, Ben Sinclair wrote:
This is probably a long shot, but does anyone have a
Sparcbook 3TX hard
drive? I know they're difficult to find.
I have a 3TX in great condition, but no drive.
(hopefully this isn't a repost, I tried this when the list was having
issues and don't think it went through)
28 Feb
28 Feb
8:07 a.m.
Hi Jerry, thanks for the info. I do have a some SCSI2SD adapters, though I
would still have the problem with the weird internal connector and lack of
a drive caddy to hold anything.
I mean, I can't use a Sparcbook at the coffee shop with an external
drive... That would be embarrassing!
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Jerry Kemp <other at oryx.us> wrote:
Hello Ben,
Sorry I can not assist you directly.
I believe that many people in your situation, and similar, are
successfully using the SCSI2SD adapter
<http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD>
Hope that there is something here that helps.
Jerry
On 02/27/17 07:41 PM, Ben Sinclair wrote:
> This is probably a long shot, but does anyone have a Sparcbook 3TX hard
> drive? I know they're difficult to find.
>
> I have a 3TX in great condition, but no drive.
>
> (hopefully this isn't a repost, I tried this when the list was having
> issues and don't think it went through)
>
>
--
Ben Sinclair
ben at bensinclair.com
10:08 a.m.
All I can say is good luck. These are typically the limiting reagent to
portable use. About half my sparcbooks have sleds, optimistically.
Any tadpole series 2 (P-series, N40, AlphaBook, Sparcbook) sled will work.
Sparcbook 3000 series caddies look identical but will not.
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 08:07 Ben Sinclair via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Hi Jerry, thanks for the info. I do have a some
SCSI2SD adapters, though I
would still have the problem with the weird internal connector and lack of
a drive caddy to hold anything.
I mean, I can't use a Sparcbook at the coffee shop with an external
drive... That would be embarrassing!
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Jerry Kemp <other at oryx.us> wrote:
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Ian Finder
(206) 395-MIPS
ian.finder at gmail.com
Hello Ben,
Sorry I can not assist you directly.
I believe that many people in your situation, and similar, are
successfully using the SCSI2SD adapter
<http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD>
Hope that there is something here that helps.
Jerry
On 02/27/17 07:41 PM, Ben Sinclair wrote:
> This is probably a long shot, but does anyone have a Sparcbook 3TX hard
> drive? I know they're difficult to find.
>
> I have a 3TX in great condition, but no drive.
>
> (hopefully this isn't a repost, I tried this when the list was having
> issues and don't think it went through)
>
>
--
Ben Sinclair
ben at bensinclair.com
7:45 p.m.
However it plays out for you, thanks for sharing with the group.
I always wanted a SPARCbook, never could afford one at the time, and according
to the wife, now would not be a good time to acquire one according to the wife
after just picking up a SPARCserver 1000e + 3 large SPARCarray's.
Living vicariously thru your SPARCbook experience now.
Hope everything goes well with this project.
Jerry
On 02/28/17 10:07 AM, Ben Sinclair via cctalk wrote:
Hi Jerry, thanks for the info. I do have a some
SCSI2SD adapters, though I
would still have the problem with the weird internal connector and lack of
a drive caddy to hold anything.
I mean, I can't use a Sparcbook at the coffee shop with an external
drive... That would be embarrassing!
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