Got some interesting email here...

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>> I may have a chance to get some 9.1 GB Seagate 7200 RPM SCSI drives 
>> for about $10.00 each, including shipping. Interested?

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RJT>For that price,  yeah! 

No doubt,  eh?

>> One catch, they are the 80-pin "SCA" variety, so you
need to get an 
>> adapter, and for that you are on your own.  I have _one_ adapter, 
>> that adapts it from 80 to 50 Pin SCSI, but its in use at the moment. 
>> It ran me about $6.



> The 80 Pin SCA connector was deigned with servers in mind, and more
> specifically, "Hot-Swapping", because there is only _one_
> connector, the 80-pin.  BOTH power AND data go through that one
> connector.  The adapter splits it out to seperate 50 pin and 12/5 
> volt power connectors.  I don't know if there is a cable that would
> work with the 2940uw that would fill the need.  I do know that they
> make both 80 to 50 (narrow) , anmd 80 to 68 (wide) adapters.

Anybody out there ever heard of these type of drives?  Anybody have more
info on them?

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