Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????

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On 2024-10-05, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

Where the limitation comes in, is finding a SCSI controller chip
on a PCI Express card. My collection of SCSI cards here are
all PCI. The last machine with a PCI slot is now ten years old.

eBay to the rescue:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186666030635

Adaptec 29230LPE PCIe Ultra320 SCSI Controller Card
US$400.59 or best offer.

There is another one for $250, and a different brand (LSI Logic
LSI21320-R) for $25.

Two of my other machines had motherboard failures, which has
really "hollowed out" my redundancy plan. I will soon
have nothing current, to use the PCI cards in the junk room.
I have a 2906 to run the old scanner, but the old scanner
needs some repair work now. I don't know if I have the skill
to figure out the root cause. It might be dirty... but I doubt it.
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The "rot" is at multiple levels, not just one level.
That's why the "rot" is accelerating. There are fewer things
you can depend on. It would be OK perhaps, if only one
standard took a shit. When two or three take a shit,
now you're talking real money.
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   Paul