I am setting up a tower this week with a MDD logic board, and thinking about what to do about drives. It is a server-type tower case and drive access is a pain unless accessed from the front. I could do some kind of PATA or SATA rack or backplane, but it would involve buying stuff I can't afford right now. Can't spend any money.
But I do have an ATTO ExpressPCI UL3D card which I've never used. I have a pile of oldish Compaq (yuck) drives which could work with this. And Compaq backplane and cage assemblies to slot them into. Assuming that the backplane relegates all SCSI handling duties to the controller, I suppose it should work. But, like I said, it's Compaq stuff, so who knows? The power supply is 550 Watts so it should be ok for a few drives.
If it works, it'll probably be noisy. The servers these came out of sounded like VTOL aircraft. Too bad there are so few solid state SCSI drives, I don't understand why, they should work just fine. The ATTO is supposedly supported for Mac OS 9.22 and 10.4, which should have me covered. Also, I've never before tried setting up a Mac to boot from a non-native SCSI bus. Hopefully I can try this tomorrow.
But I do have an ATTO ExpressPCI UL3D card which I've never used. I have a pile of oldish Compaq (yuck) drives which could work with this. And Compaq backplane and cage assemblies to slot them into. Assuming that the backplane relegates all SCSI handling duties to the controller, I suppose it should work. But, like I said, it's Compaq stuff, so who knows? The power supply is 550 Watts so it should be ok for a few drives.
If it works, it'll probably be noisy. The servers these came out of sounded like VTOL aircraft. Too bad there are so few solid state SCSI drives, I don't understand why, they should work just fine. The ATTO is supposedly supported for Mac OS 9.22 and 10.4, which should have me covered. Also, I've never before tried setting up a Mac to boot from a non-native SCSI bus. Hopefully I can try this tomorrow.