[rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options

[Lionel Peterson]

Did the caddy have any 'logic' inside? SCSI to IDE adapters were quite common
in those laptops, if the tray had an IDE interface inside, I suspect there is
a circuit board converting that to SCSI.

Fingers crossed you just need to find an IDE drive replacement, that should be
infinitely easier than finding a suitable SCSI solution.

Ken

> On Apr 27, 2021, at 07:47, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>
> o;?Hi Folks
>
> So the tadpole arrived but when powered on it would not detect the disk on
the
> SCSI bus (probe-scsi empty).
> Took the drive caddy apart and found a Hitachi DK226A-21 insideb&.a quick
> google tells me thats an IDE drive in a 1.2G caddy so no IDE to SCSI bridge
> thereb&.so now I know why it wouldnbt work.
>
> I am therefore now looking for a 2.5b
 SCSI HDD or some alternate solution.
>
> Anyone have any ideas/suggestions/drives lurking in the bottom of a draw?
>
> Thanks in advance
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