40Gb Western Digital hard drive

On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:54:42 -0700, mike ??o??:

You might want to go to Wikipedia and do a little reading on the history of SCSI devices. I used SCSI in my NT4 workstation back in 1997. There have been several different varieties of SCSI developed in the past decade or so and you'll need to identify the different connectors and how to properly terminate the SCSI chain.

Only thing with scsi is you have to address each drive, and have termination at the end of the cable. I ran scsi between 1995 and 2001.

The various flavors of scsi (scsi-1, scsi-2, wide, ultrawide, fast, etc.) may make matching controller to drive interesting if they're not already matched. There's at least three different connectors I know of plus varients that are differential or hotswappable.

good idea, I think I'll do that. Thanks, Mike

Hmm, scsi stuff must still be somewhat valuable no matter what the age, judging from the fact that I almost never find any at the local scrapyard - so far I've got one cable, one controller card and one drive, and I've been frequenting the scrapyard since about 1985. Well, I guess there could be some other reason for it, but that's what I conclude, at least so far...anyway, thanks for the info.

Mike

On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:04:06 -0700, mike ??o??:

My scrap bin has lots of SCSI stuff. Cables both internal and external, some Seagate 4.3 gig 7200 RPM drives, one is new. A couple Adaptec PCI cards, terminators, a Plextor SCSI CDRW, external SCSI drive enclosure I made from an IBM SCSI drive inside the case of a former HP external tape drive. My very first CDR was a 1x HP SCSI internal back when 1x was the fastest. CD recording was pretty flaky back then. Hold your breath and cross your fingers flaky.

If you come back to the same area let me know. We might run into each other some day. Like the Orlando hamfest. :)

If they are 80 pin, here are some cheap 9 GB drives:

for $5.99 + shipping.

Look for them on Ebay, or places like geeks.com or pacificgeek.com

what are you talkin' about, I'm always here, can't afford to go anywhere...

That sounds pretty good, thanks.

Hmm, I guess I need to get a little bit better organized...

I've got a couple noisy (smaller capacity) ones, it's tempting to keep using them, just to see how long they last.=A0

haven't seen the name 'Conner' for quite awhile now, I'd forgotten about them...

It's been running continuously since about

That's pretty amazing, for sure!

That reply was to Michael Kennedy. He used to live abut 45 minutes from me. He was between me and Orlando. I am in a little better health these days, and am almost ready to try the long drive to Orlando. After I get the A/C in the truck fixed. :(

Oops, I beg your pardon - anyway, glad to hear you're feeling better.

Anohter Mike

No problem, and thanks. :)

Of course the drive is going to last for ever. It's already in Hell. ;-)

Jeff

On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:31:46 -0500, Jeffrey D Angus ??o??:

Seagate Cuda 4.3 gig SCSI in a Compact Prosignia 300, 16 MB built in RAM running Novell Netware 3.12. Runs 24/7 since 2003. Both the server and drive are from around mid 90's.

What's the problem? You don't like my fire and brimstone decor?

There's an easy way to check if the disk drive is the work of the devil. Check its reflection in a mirror. Vampires and the undead do not cast a reflection because they have lost their soul. If the drive appears enchanted, acts like the living dead, or staggers among the undead, you may have a problem. I can suggest a good consulting sorcerer if necessary.

Jeff (the mirror image).