SCSI Drive
Posted by AngrySadist@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 7 comments
I have an old SCSI drive that I am trying to get data off of. I bought a 40pin IDE to USB adapter, and a SCSI to 50pin IDE (i didnt read the specs close enough). do i just need to buy a chinesium 50pin to 40pin adapter or is there a less sketchy way of doing this?
paprok@reddit
nope, it will not work. they're different protocols, probably different signaling voltages. you'd be lucky not frying anything.
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parabellun@reddit
Different protocol, same voltage level (Both SCSI SE and IDE uses 5v)
paprok@reddit
TIL. thanks!
the123king-reddit@reddit
Different pinout too.
MartinAncher@reddit
If you're into retro computing you might have an old Macintosh, with SCSI hard-drive. Maybe you can insert it into that computer and read the raw data.
Do you know which operating system was used with your old hard-drive?
Sample_And_Hold@reddit
You can't just connect a SCSI drive to and IDE bus, that's not how these things work. You need a proper SCSI host controller.
leadedsolder@reddit
Recent BlueSCSI and ZuluSCSI drive emulators have initiator mode, which can be used to rip the attached drive to an image.
They're not expensive, either.