Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????

From	Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????
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Date	2024-10-05 21:03 +0000
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On 2024-10-05, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
> Where the limitation comes in, is finding a SCSI controller chip
> on a PCI Express card. My collection of SCSI cards here are
> all PCI. The last machine with a PCI slot is now ten years old.

eBay to the rescue:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186666030635

Adaptec 29230LPE PCIe Ultra320 SCSI Controller Card
US$400.59 or best offer.

There is another one for $250, and a different brand (LSI Logic
LSI21320-R) for $25.

> Two of my other machines had motherboard failures, which has
> really "hollowed out" my redundancy plan. I will soon
> have nothing current, to use the PCI cards in the junk room.
> I have a 2906 to run the old scanner, but the old scanner
> needs some repair work now. I don't know if I have the skill
> to figure out the root cause. It might be dirty... but I doubt it.
>
> The "rot" is at multiple levels, not just one level.
> That's why the "rot" is accelerating. There are fewer things
> you can depend on. It would be OK perhaps, if only one
> standard took a shit. When two or three take a shit,
> now you're talking real money.
>
>    Paul

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Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-10-01 07:04 +0200
  Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 01:08 -0400
  Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-01 03:10 -0400
    Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-03 01:47 -0400
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-03 15:34 +0000
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-10-03 17:13 +0000
        Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-03 23:31 -0400
          Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-04 02:12 -0400
          Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-10-05 07:01 +0200
            Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-05 07:41 -0400
              Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2024-10-05 21:03 +0000
            Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2024-10-05 20:52 +0000
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks> - 2024-10-03 19:13 +0000
        Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 00:35 -0400
    Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-03 02:28 -0400
      Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-03 03:10 -0400
        Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 01:04 -0400

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