SCSI2SD
SCSI2SD acts like a standard SCSI 2 hard drive, but is software configurable and uses a micro SD card as storage media.
On a traditional SCSI hard drive you have various jumpers to configure the Device ID, parity and other settings. The SCSI2SD has a USB interface, that when connected to a desktop computer, lets you configure these settings through software. Here you can create up to four hard drives, even choosing the capacity. This is very handy when you are dealing with older operating systems such as MS-DOS 6.22 which can only see drives up to 8 GB.
Traditional SCSI hard drives can be quite loud, produce heat and, because of age, might not be very reliable. Some drives, depending on capacities, can also cost quite a bit of money, especially larger drives with the older 50 pin interface. The SCSI2SD is silent, consumes very litte power. The micro SD card is also removable and can be accessed through any standard SD memory card reader.
Compared to hard drives from that era, such as IDE or SCSI hard drives with up to 8 GB, the SCSI2SD performs very well. Transfer rate is around 1 Megabyte per second, but the real advantage is that is virtually no access time. So working with small files, which can often slow down traditional hard drives, is extremely fast.
The SCSI2SD has bus termination in the form of resistors. If another device is the last device on the SCSI bus, just remove them and terminate on that last device. The device is powered by a standard molex power connector.
On a traditional SCSI hard drive you have various jumpers to configure the Device ID, parity and other settings. The SCSI2SD has a USB interface, that when connected to a desktop computer, lets you configure these settings through software. Here you can create up to four hard drives, even choosing the capacity. This is very handy when you are dealing with older operating systems such as MS-DOS 6.22 which can only see drives up to 8 GB.
Traditional SCSI hard drives can be quite loud, produce heat and, because of age, might not be very reliable. Some drives, depending on capacities, can also cost quite a bit of money, especially larger drives with the older 50 pin interface. The SCSI2SD is silent, consumes very litte power. The micro SD card is also removable and can be accessed through any standard SD memory card reader.
Compared to hard drives from that era, such as IDE or SCSI hard drives with up to 8 GB, the SCSI2SD performs very well. Transfer rate is around 1 Megabyte per second, but the real advantage is that is virtually no access time. So working with small files, which can often slow down traditional hard drives, is extremely fast.
The SCSI2SD has bus termination in the form of resistors. If another device is the last device on the SCSI bus, just remove them and terminate on that last device. The device is powered by a standard molex power connector.
