Re: Suns-at-Home Digest, Vol 12, Issue 9 SATA-SCSI adapter [was Ressurecting an IPX]

On 2/27/11 12:00 PM, der Mouse [email protected] wrote:
> ...
> With SATA<->SCSI (I've never seen one but would be astonished if
> they didn't exist), multi-terabyte drives are available.
> ...

They do.  I've a pair made by Addonics, and they work.  A tad
slower than I would have thought, but meh.  This link
http://www.addonics.com/products/io/adsalvd160.asp appears to
be the currently-shipping version.

They do, or did, have a 50-pin version as well.

These adapters fix to the back of the HDA, and thus will interfere
with attaching the cover on some PC's, e.g. the Blade 100.

There also exist 2.5-inch SATA HDA to U160 adapter *cases*, which
when fitted with a drive and assembled yield a basically 3.5-inch
compatible package.  These also work, but tend to the warmish side.
This may lower HDA life expectancy.  I have a pair of these as well,
and believe I purchased Addonics here, too.

I will dig them out and provide exact part|screen|FCC numbers as
available if anyone desires.

Regards

PS: Andrew Hay, if you are reading this could you email me?  I've
attempted to contact you via email a few times w/o success.