Date   : Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:39:49 +0100
From   : Andrew Benham <adsb@...>
Subject: Re: Hard disk backup - another challenge

Jules Richardson wrote:

> Using a SCSI hard disk and the Acorn controller? Or a ST506 disk, 
> Adaptec bridge, and the Acorn controller? Or something else entirely?
> 
> I bet you'll get a few tens of KB/s at most between a BBC and a ST506 
> drive via an Adaptec bridge...

ST506 disk, Adaptec bridge, and the Acorn controller.

But now, after 4+ hours, I do have a backup image of the hard disk
on a more modern machine, so I can consider trying to connect the
ACB4000 to a SCSI controller in a PC.
I always chickened out of this in the past in case I corrupted
the drive's data.

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Andrew Benham         adsb@...       
Southgate, London N14, United Kingdom

The gates in my computer are AND OR and NOT, not "Bill"