[sdiy] USB,SCSI,MIDI

[KA4HJH]

>Another question is whether this SCSI to firewire thing would work:
>http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/FR1SX.html
>If so, you could daisychain your synth, external HDD, (firewire)cardreader,
>etc. all together with more manageable cables.

The consensus on DAW-Mac is that these are fine for running an old scanner
or optical drive but not any sort of high-performance HD stuff like
multi-track. Whether it would work with this this application is another
matter.

Does the unit in question have a limit as to drive capacity? I've heard
that the SCSI implementation in some samplers is rather iffy to begin with
so the only way to know for sure is to try it.

>My worry about SCSI CDROM's is that the CDROM mechanisms don't last very
>long and then what do you do...?

You have a pile of them like I do. Too bad I don't have any samplers.

>There was at one time a SCSI to IDE bridge controller chip available from
>Taiwan...  Never discovered whether it would work for this purpose.  Since I
>have only a 2gig capable K2000 now only worth <$500 I just gave up and think
>about other things...

Like I was saying...

Someday working SCSI drives will be worth as much as a 2040 or a 726.

-- 

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"