From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 08:47:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF61A16A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:47:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6036D43D2F for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:47:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 106611FE79; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:47:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (duey.wolves.k12.mo.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 46185-01-37; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:47:38 -0600 (CST) Received: by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 711131FE68; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:47:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F0611A927; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:47:38 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:47:38 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: "Person, Roderick" In-Reply-To: <4BA256918ACE7449BD7896E65711C88B01FB1144@1UPMC-MSX8.isdip.upmc.edu> Message-ID: <20040128103523.X46478@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> References: <4BA256918ACE7449BD7896E65711C88B01FB1144@1UPMC-MSX8.isdip.upmc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at wolves.k12.mo.us cc: chat@freebsd.org cc: 'Bill Moran' Subject: RE: SCSI to ATA adapter? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:47:54 -0000 On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Person, Roderick wrote: > Well I never heard of anything like that. Why would you want to do > that?? The main use for these adapters is for ATA CD-ROM readers and writers, ATA tape drives, and so on, to be able to attach them to a SCSI bus. This is exactly what I do at home with one particular device, my Yamaha CRW-F1 CD-R/RW drive. It is actually an ATA device with a removable SCSI->ATA adapter. This allows me to have the pseudo-SCSI CRW-F1, a real SCSI DVD-ROM drive, a real SCSI ZIP drive, and a real SCSI DDS3 tape drive all on one rounded SCSI cable, which makes for a pretty tidy case. And I can run all of them simultaneously without performance problems. :-) Using these adapters for ATA Hard Drives probably wouldn't be as advantageous, though it would still work with the proper adapter. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest, most open, and most stable OS on the planet - Available for IA32, IA64, AMD64, PC98, Alpha, and UltraSPARC architectures - PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?