Generally Adaptec makes every sort of SCSI card imaginable. I am not sure
what Narrow Differential means, but tell me what sort of data connector it
has and I might be able to offer some suggestions.
73's
Jim
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> OK this is pretty desperate, but hams usually know oddball info when
> no-one else does.
>
> I have a beautiful Seagate Barracuda scsi drive just begging to be
> dropped in a machine and used for Linux/ham radio. Its an ST 12550 ND
> and its in the current Seagate catalog and literature, which I have
> downloaded. Note the ND (narrow differential) suffix ..... But how do
> I use it ?? Who does controller cards for these beasts ??
>
> I tried the local packet network for help. No replies at all.
>
> I phoned Seagate's helpdesk in UK. They cheerfully referred me to the
> Seagate literature (which I had already). I phoned around firms who do
> scsi controller card - no dice, only total confusion.
>
> I the took the phone bill by the throat and phoned the Seagate scsi
> helpdesk in California. The best the man there could do was choke up,
> and then deny that a "Seagate Barracuda ST 12550-ND" drive was
> actually a Seagate product.
>
> (I was tempted to ask why it was in the company catalog and
> literature, but I gave up at that point. I was clearly talking to
> the Seagate helpdesk - NOT. Maybe it was a bad scsi day).
>
> I also tried various computer firms, no dice. I even tried the
> drive with a new NCR-based PCI card that drives other scsi devices OK.
> Of course it does not work.
>
> Maybe you know the answer, or can point me to someone who does ?
>
> Thanks for wasting time reading this when you could be getting ready
> to celebrate the New Year
>
> 73 and have a good one - John G3JAG
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