I just now used one tonight to image a JAZ disk that I found. I used DD on a modern Linux box. These little bridges do come in handy and are pretty convenient. I really like mine quite a bit. My only criticism is that once you have it all connected (USB, Power, SCSI Drive) there are literally wires everywhere, but that's just how SCSI was.
Travis On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM Henry Bent via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 at 23:17, Henry Bent <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 at 21:56, John Foust via cctalk < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> I was curious and had a spare benjamin for one of these from eBay, > >> thinking it would be a handy USB to SCSI adapter for convenient > >> imaging of old drives, as it was mentioned as one a month or two > >> ago on the Reddits. > >> > >> I'd like to find a manual and hear anecdotes. Mine is a model T4, > >> has USB 2.0 and Firewire 800, circa 2005. I was surprised to see > >> they were made in New Berlin, WI. I don't see any mention of > >> this model on their web site https://digitalintelligence.com/ > >> nor any mention of "ultrablock" in my CCtalk archives. > > > > > > Firewire 800 sounds great, that's certainly what I'd be using if I had > one > > of those. I'm jealous. > > > > > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20051231031519/http://www.digitalintelligence.com/support.php > > might be a good starting point. Good luck! > > > > Oh, one more click and I would have gotten there... > > https://web.archive.org/web/20060831144110/http://www.digitalintelligence.com/files/UltraBlockUSB_Manual.pdf > > -Henry >
