[ltp] SCSI peripherals on a Thinkpad ?

[James Knott]

Jeffrey Davis wrote:
> 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

Why not go for a PCMCIA card?  Google can find some.