[rescue] Tadpole Sparcbook - HDD Options

[Richard]

Hey Dan

Thanks for the tip.

Yes been looking for a tadpole for a while also. It has a broken hinge but I
have managed to get a replacement screen unit so it will be in fine shape once
that comes in.

Cheers

Richard

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> On 28 Apr 2021, at 00:24, Dan Moisa <dmoisa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> o;?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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