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SCSI 80-pin SCSI Hard Drive - to - IDE or SATA interface.

Hi, I want to know where I can find (or make) an adapter or converter to plug into an SCA 80pin SCSI Hard Drive and then plug the other side of the converter into an IDE or SATA cable on the PC motherboard in order to read the drive.

***There's alot of adapters available that do the reverse of this, i.e., SATA/IDE Drive to SCSI interface - not what I want. So please read carefully before replying.

I realize plugging into a PCI or other slot SCSI adapter will allow me to read the drive too, but that's not what I want either. I need the connection described above.

Thanks!

yankees9920

Looks like the same question was answered here.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22024223/80-pin-connector-for-SCSI.html

David

such a beast is unlikely to exist. From an engineering perspective, this would be a huge job, and I can't imagine any company making this investment for such a nice product, when one will take such a performance/feature hit to do this. Forget power & interface/protocol conversion ... the SCSI target command set is much more robust then the SATA/ATA command-set, and many SCSI commands do not have an ATA equivalent. So even if such a product existed, it certainly can't support the entire ANSI-required SCSI command-set.

A native SCSI controller is the only solution that won't just block some vital SCSI commands.

nobus

i suppose you'll need a scsi controller card : http://www.nextag.com/80-pin-scsi-controller/compare-html
and so cionnect the disk to your pC

Oyster55

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dlethe: This is for data recovery device, so price / performance is not a concern.

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David

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