On Jun 26, 7:34 am, No No <grizzledgia...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Acard SCSI/IDE adapter was a great choice a few years ago. > > However, it is no longer economical. > > > A few years ago there's were scores of them on Ebay for $30 - $40. > > Now it is difficult to find one for under $150. It's just two chips > > and a few connectors on a tiny circuit board. I don't know why it's > > so darned expensive. > > I checked Acards' website yesterday for these very cards. They wanted > $89 for an PCI-ATA adapter.
Different item. Peter referred to SCSI/IDE adapter. That is an adapter into which you plug your SCSI cable at one end and an IDE drive at the other end. Acard's price on the AEC-7720U is $249. You're looking at a card which plugs into a PCI slot and provides ATA/ IDE interfaces for drives. Those, the 6280M and the 6880M are sometimes available on Ebay for about $30 - $50. The 6880M is like the 6280M, except that it supports RAID 0 and RAID 1. If you have a machine with PCI slots and one available, that's a much better choice than a SCSI/IDE adapter, but there are situations in which the SCSI/IDE adapter is the only usable choice -- although mostly not on topic for this particular discussion group; i.e. pre - PCI Macs. Jeff Walther -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
