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anyone know about scsi cards for laptops?!?!
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Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:01 amby process
i just realised that im gonna need to send samps from my laptop to the emu (obviously) and yeah need a scsi card or some sort of scsi interface thingamajig, any suggestions?
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Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:47 amby dugawug
mmm, fun indeed it is.
i once tried the Adaptec SlimSCSI PCM/CIA to SCSI, and it worked well, from what i remember. there is a SlimSCSI 1480 and a 1460. don't know the difference, but the 1480 is twice the price.
when you get into it, you'll wanna read this if you don't know about all this already:
http://www.tweakheadz.com/scsi_transfer ... ampler.htm
goo dluck!
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Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:12 pmby drayon
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Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:58 pmby process
thanks guys, yeah im familiar w/the procedure, thanks for the link anyway. im runnin on a pc laptop, im actuall gonna get one of those adaptec pc slot to scsi jams,
btw, would a scsi card that attacheds through usb be faster or slower than a scsi card that pops in the PC slot?
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Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:37 pmby dugawug
well, i would think the PC slot would be MUCH faster. unless the adapter was USB 2.0 and your computer's port was USB 2.0. otherwise, i would definitely NOT do USB 1.1 instead of a PCM/CIA slot!
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Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:51 pmby process
thanks man
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Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:35 pmby drayon
NO It will NOT be much faster.
SCSI-2 is only rated at 10meg/sec burst, u is lookin at about 5meg/sec sustained max. Its down to the signaling on the bus which cant be made faster if the adapter was on USB 2 or Firewire 800.
However on USB 1.1 it may give u about 2-3 meg/sec sustained.
Best
USB to SCSI
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:01 pmby Adam B
I have been trying to get USB to SCSI working with the e6400 ultra, but I'm sad to say that it just doesn't work. I've tried different tricks and configurations, but it seems we are limited to pcm cards. I will post if i ever get it working.
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:03 pmby dugawug
cool, please post if you do get USB to SCSI working for a laptop b/c i was thinking of trying this configuration next myself.
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Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:17 pmby dugawug
old thread here, but i'm wondering if Process got the Adaptec SlimSCSI card successfully working with the E4?
i'm considering getting one myself, had one in the past, but can't remember if it really worked or not.
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:56 amby Klaseed
Hey dug
I'm wondering the same thing - did anyone ever have any luck with the USB2-SCSI thing? I'm really really wanting to ditch my PC altogether, but that can't happen until I can connect to my Emu with my Mac.
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:05 amby dugawug
i'm going to buy an adaptec slimscsi 1480 soon.
there's two, a 1460 and 1480.
i'm gathering that the 'twice the priced' 1480 is much faster but requires a "Card Bus enabled" something or another.
i think most PCM/CIA's out there are equipped with this.
i'll let you know how it goes...some fucker beat me in a brutal Ebay auction tonight else i'd have one coming soon.
Klaseed, i thought you used a desktop?
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Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:34 pmby dugawug
did anyone get USB->SCSI working on XP? if so, can they tell what specific card they bought?
Oh hell yeah
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Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:28 pmby recone
I used a PCMCIA SCSI card with my laptop connected to my ESI-32 for years and when I moved up to the E4, It still worked like a charm. I've long gotten rid of that laptop and hevent used the card since but I can attest that it works perfectly.
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:36 pmby ikechukwu
Hi folks,
Where can I buy a SlimSCSI to SCSI cable from?
Thanks.