[rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options

[Richard]

Hi Lionel

No logic as it is a 1.2G drive caddy and therefore needs a scsi drive.

Richard

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> On 28 Apr 2021, at 00:16, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> o;?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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