Date   : Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:12:43 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Flash card without custom ROM?

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> If I want to plug an IDE device into a SCSI port, I want an IDE to
> SCSI convertor.

Hmm - I'd think of that differently I suspect, coming from a world where SCSI 
-ST506 boards meant that the SCSI part was the computer side and the ST506 bit 
was the drive side.

I'm not sure what the best terminology should be to avoid ambiguity - maybe 
something like "IDE device to SCSI HBA convertor".

I wonder if anyone makes a true SCSI/IDE bridge, so that it doesn't matter 
which side is which? I don't think the SCSI side should have any problems (you 
can plug two SCSI HBAs together on a SCSI bus and have them talk to each 
other, after all), but I'm not sure about the IDE side (I think it's geared 
toward controller->device only)

> If I want to plug a set of headphones with with a phono plug into a
> sound system with a coax socket I want a phono to coax convertor.
 >
> If I want to plug a PS-2 keyboard into a 5-DIN keyboard socket I
> want a PS-2 to 5-DIN convertor.

Similarly with those two, listing the male/female sides would better explain 
the widget that you needed, I think.

cheers

J.