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From: Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
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Subject: 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.
>
> 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.
>
>    Paul