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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
 Posted - 29 May 2002 : 01:42:44
Should I buy this for £72?
Adaptec Power Domain 2930
SCSI Card
http://www.analogic.co.uk/2930.gif This SCSI accelerator enables you
to take full advantage of today's
high-performance storage devices
and other peripherals. It's the ideal
way to connect your Power
Macintosh to wide range of
peripherals, including removable
and hard disk storage, scanners,
CD-recordable and DVD drives.
AHA-2930U Mac SCSI Card
Control panel utility and other
software
50-pin internal SCSI cable
(external cable not included)
Complete documentation
5 year warranty
Adaptec SCSI Card £72.00 shaktiman |
bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2002 : 02:39:22
quote:
Should I buy this for £72?
Why do people ask questions like this? I mean, sometimes, even the answer to "should I throw myself in front of this train" will be yes.... It all depends on your circumstances. And only you know what they are. Cheers!
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2002 : 05:00:42
Looks to me like a PCI card. It won't fit in your 840av. You need a NuBus card if you want a SCSI accelerator on it.Macs Liberated:
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2002 : 08:25:39
The Adaptec 2930 is actually a pretty decent PCI SCSI card. It's one of the few you'll find that supports SCSI-3 (20MBps max xfer speed), and thus would be good in either in a PCI NWR Mac (beige G3 to dual 1GHz G4) as a way to use older SCSI drives, or in any PCI PowerMac if you happen to come across any SCSI-3 narrow drives, like those made by Western Digital (I was thinking of getting one for my 7500, since I just so happen to have one of those elusive Western Digital SCSI-3 narrow drives!  )But, any way you slice it, 72 pounds it ridiculous if not insane for this card. I've seen them sell for US$25 or less on eBay (take a look!), which is probably not even a quarter of that. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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