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Re: Ground archive



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In article <ddnpaf$ab$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>,
Steve Nelson <snelson@icaen.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>A few weeks ago ground.ecn.uiowa.edu suffered a drive failure and has been 
>offline since that time.  I have not found a replacement drive yet (50pin 
>narrow, single-ended SCSI, which was commonly used several years ago).

There are inexpensive adapters that will connect 68-pin (wide SCSI) and
80-pin (SCA) drives to narrow SCSI adapters.  I use one with an 80-pin 4.3GB
Seagate Barracuda plugged into my GS.  At this point, I suspect you might be
better off following this approach; it'd let you use a new drive instead of
having to take a chance on a used drive.

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