[ltp] SCSI peripherals on a Thinkpad ?

[Jeffrey Davis]

On Sunday 27 August 2006 01:11 pm, Joerg Bruehe wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
>
> besides my IBM Thinkpad (R51), I operate desktop machines, and for these
> I have SCSI tape drives.
> Due to historic reasons, I have some spare drives, and it sure would be
> great to connect one to my Thinkpad.
>
> I know it is unlikely, but I still ask:
>
>
> Does anybody here know any possibility to operate a SCSI device (SCSI-2:
> single-ended, narrow) from a Thinkpad ?
>
> Theoretically, I could imagine a converter from USB, like the one for
> IDE disks in external casings - has anybody ever heard of such a thing ?
> Or a PCMCIA card ?
>
>
> (Yes, I know I can access them via ssh and pipes, and that 'tar' handles
> the notation "host:device", so I really ask about direct connection.)
>
>
> Regards,
> Joerg

I don't know if they are still available anymore, but Lynksis used to sell a 
device called a ParaSCSI. It was a cable that plugged into the printer 
port, with a SCSI connector on the other end. Kind of like the way the 
parallel port ZIP drives worked. 

Jeff