[rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options

[Dan Moisa]

SCSI2SD makes an adapter in laptop form factor - macs used the 2.5" scsi
hdds, as did the sparc Voyager. I tried one and it works.

Super jealous about the tadpole, I've been looking for one for years!

Dan.

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 07:16 Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 wouldnb t 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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