[NCLUG] [offtopic] Looking for old SCSI stuff

[Bob Proulx]

Marcio Luis Teixeira wrote:
> Apologies for the off-topic post. I was wondering if anyone on here
> had some old SCSI hard disk drives lying around that wouldn't mind
> parting with. I'm looking for anything 50MBs or larger (yes, MBs,
> not GBs -- this is for an old mid-eighties Mac Plus I'm
> refurbishing!).

Hmm...  I think you are asking for more trouble then it is worth.  But
it is your trouble!  So have fun with it.  :-)

What SCSI interface will those accept?  SCSI-2?  UltraWide?  I have
the following drives which I would be happy to pass along to you if
you can make use of them.

ST31200N 1.25G 50 pin Fast SCSI-2 -- Worked great the last time that I
had it in a system.  Probably sometime around 1995.

ST34555W 4.55G 68pin UltraWide SCSI -- Worked great the last time that
I had it in a system.  I believe that was sometime around 1997.

ST39140N 9.1G 50pin Ultra SCSI-3 -- A factory replacement for a failed
drive from Seagate.  I never used this drive.  The reason?  I have a
note attached to it that says that the vibration was too much, as if
it was out of balance.  By the time the return came through I had
moved on to larger drives and did not want to mess with it.  Therefore
this has never actually been used more than powering it up in a simple
initial system test.  It may actually work.  It was a direct from the
factory replacement.  Or it may vibrate the screws out of your case.
I have no idea.

> I may also have an interest in old SCSI CD-ROM drive (1x or so,
> preferably) or external SCSI enclosures that could be salvaged and
> put to use.

Have I got a deal for you!  I have a 3-drive external enclosure SCSI
drive bay designed as a hot-swappable RAID.  It has three 1G
Micropolis drives in it.  I got it in a swap years ago and never
powered it up.  Presumably all three drives work but I have no idea
and who knows.  I saved it from going into the scrapheap.  It is an
external enclosure and the enclosure itself weights a ton but the
drives inside could probably be parted out for internal use.  However
breaking the enclosure seal warns that it would void the warrantee. :-)

Let me know if any of those are of interest to you.  If you want them
I could bring them by hacking society Tuesday night.

Bob