[rescue] EIO card in HP 4M

[Lionel Peterson]

Found it - yikes!

https://www.ebay.com/c/1907511213

Ken

> On Apr 16, 2021, at 11:10, Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
>
> o;?
>>
>> [...] I do wish there was a cost effective way of replacing the SCA
>> disks with SSDs but I've not managed to find anything yet.
>
> I have a small adapter that lets me put a SATA disk onto a SCSI bus.
> I'm using it live now for my SS20; it's running off a relatively cheap
> "1TB" (actually 931G) laptop SATA drive.
>
> I've actually got two of them, so I can describe it in more detail.
> The PCB is pretty close to 1"x4".  On one side, it has a SATA socket
> and some foam padding; on the other, a 68-pin high-density SCSI
> connector (the one like the SS20/SS10 SCSI connector except wider), a
> power connector (the usual 4-pin peecee floppy power connector), and
> four pairs of pins which specify SCSI ID via jumpers or switches.  Both
> sides are also populated with assorted other components.
>
> Its major chip is covered by a glued-on heatsink, so I can't describe
> it.  It has a second one which is marked
>
>    ACARD        <-- This line looks like a company logo
>    ARC772-BMCCG91300-2 LF
>    )ACARD 2009
>    0914 TAIWAN
>
> Silkscreened on the PCB I find "7730A", "ACARD SCSI-SATA Bridge", and
> "Rev:3.1".  It's also got a sticker with "Addonics" and "QC OK" on it.
>
> I got them from someone in the hobby who was trying to unload a bunch
> of (Sun or at least Sun-compatible) SCSI stuff, and I don't know where
> they came from beyond that, so I can't help when it comes to getting
> more.  But perhaps knowing they were once a live product may help.
>
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