"System Technology Associates"? SDI-ESDI adapter

[Doc Shipley]

Ethan Dicks wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 04:58:00PM -0700, Doc Shipley wrote:
> 
>>  Open PSU inside, and a logic board that converts the SDI I/O to talk 
>>to 2 Maxtor XT-8760-E ESDI drives.
> 
> 
> Oops... I misread your message and parsed "SMD" where you wrote "ESDI".
> 
> Perhaps we have the same bridge card, but in a different enclosure?

   Could be.  I think these might have been the cans in a full-wide 
shelf, too.  The bridge board is about 8" x 12", and sits above the PSU, 
with the ESDI drives sitting sideways in the enclosure in front of that.

> Can't verify now... give me a few months if you don't find any info.

   Awww, c'mon, Ethan!  Just trot out to the garage and have a look!

   I'm going to test the power and check them out, and then ASSume that 
if the drives are functional then it'll talk to a UDA50 or KDA50 without 
further ado.  They're both clean, inside and out, but were stacked sort 
of willy-nilly on a cement floor when I found them.  I don't know how 
tough those Maxtors are, or even yet whether they autopark on power-down.

   If they work, it'll be a major improvement - power-wise, space-wise, 
volume-wise, and noise-wise - over the RA60s I'm running now.  :)

   I can probably post pics on my web page if anybody's interested.


	Doc