SCSI Card for new MP 2.8?

I have a few old SCSI drives that contain some backed up photos and such. Are there any SCSI cards that work with the new MP?

I cannot comment on the FW/SCSI bridge as I never used this kind of solution.
If your drives do have centronics interface, it means they are SCSI-1 type drives.
You should know that this is not an issue at all... as SCSI type 3 adapter cards can be connected to those drives, provided you have the proper VHDCI/Centronics cable.
You should know also that those adapter cards are expensive !
The one I would recommend is the ATTO card: ExpressPCI UL5D
http://www.attotech.com/ultra5D.html
Hope it helps,
Philippe

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I've been thinking about buying a SCSI card for my G5 (Dual 1.8) for some time now, but I'm not sure what card I should go for; I'm not even sure if there are still cards for such an "old" device as the slide scanner (about 3 to 4 years old, no Ultrawide or something like that). And then there's the problem of the drivers for the card - how long will they be available, especially now that Apple is switching to Intel...?
The other possibility would be to buy a processor upgrade for the G4. I've seen some at OWC, and they seem to be less expensive than a SCSI card. The drawback of this solution is of course that I'll have to keep the G4 standing on my desk... on the other hand, I do know that the scanner will work perfectly with the G4.
The G5, on the other hand... it will be faster and easier, since I won't have to transfer the files for storage and editing, I could free some space on my desk,... but will it work? The G5 is running 10.4, I'm not sure if my current scanner driver is compatible... and what when 10.5 comes out...?
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Do you know if the ATTO UL4S or Adaptec 29160N can still be had new?
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Because I'm not sure what the old G4 is. It's sitting on a shelf in the back warehouse - somewhere. LOL
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wayne

First, don't worry about usb 1 or 2. You are correct that your mac is usb 1 but it is capable of providing speeds faster than scsi 1 or scsi 2 and I'm betting that your scanner is scsi 1.
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http://www.adaptec.com
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Supported Operating Systems
Macintosh OS 8.6
Macintosh OS 9.0
Macintosh OS 9.0.2
Macintosh OS 9.0.3
Macintosh OS 9.0.4
Macintosh OS 9.1
Macintosh OS 9.2.x
Mac OS X 10.1.x
Mac OS X 10.2.x
Mac OS X 10.3.x
Mac OS X Server 10.1.x
Mac OS X Server 10.2.x
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Takes full advantage of 64-bit PCI
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Desktop
Number of devices
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System Requirements
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I have G4 running Mac OX 10.4, I'm able to scan from the ScanMaker 4 in Mac OS 9 into PhotoShop or using the scanning software, however if I try to scan in OS X there is not communication between the computer and the scanner.
I have installed a " PCI Adaptec SCSI" card ( which work fine in OS 9x), so far no luck in Microtek web site or Adaptec trying to down load a driver, a patch or something that allow me get my scanner to work in OS X.
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Good morning.
I am trying to setup a G4 Quicksilver (or another slower G4 tower) under OS 9 to be able to use a very nice Epson wide format scanner (no OS X drivers available). It has only a SCSI Centronics 50 pin connector.
1. Is there a reliable and available (with OS 9 drivers) SCSI PCI card that will work in a variety of G4 towers under OS 9?
2. If the card doesn't have the 50 pin Centronics connector, how do I adapt the scanner to the card input?
Thanks for your time.

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Faced with no SCSI port on the new Blue & White G3 (the first Mac without a SCSI port since the original Macs), many users at that time installed the Adaptec 2930 card in a PCI slot to run their scanners or occasional other SCSI devices. The card is capable of Fast-20 speeds if your device supports it, and works with G3s and G4s with PCI slots. The card has an external 50-pin connector called HP-DB50, which has nothing to do with Hewlett Packard, it means Half-Pitch (the pins are twice as close together as on the DB-25 connector). HP-DB50-to-Centronics-50 cables are readily available. Support for the Adaptec 2930 is still available built into Mac OS X.
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Hard Drives and video card for new CS5 system

I've read through much of the threads in the hardware forums and find I still have questions. I am just beginning to learn how to edit and it is not a source of income for me at the moment. My sources will be from tapes from my Canon HV20 and at some point either a Panasonic GH2, Canon 60D or similar.
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Hi Harm,
First let me say, I didn't mean to exclude Bill Gehrke. I just didn't know what was what. Thank you for explaining that to me. Let me also say the you and Bill have a great site.
I have a question for you, in the tests I have run with my systems, I am not seeing any speed difference between the 450 and 480. Now granted, they are AMD processors and I know they don't have the SSE 4.1+. Here are my systems that I ran the tests on:
An AMD X4 Quad Core computer running at 2.9 Ghz with 12 gigs of RAM and a single Samsung 7200 rpm SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drive
An AMD X6 Six Core computer running at 3.2 Ghz with 12 gigs of RAM and a single Samsung 7200 rpm SATA 3.0Gb/s hard drive
Both computers were running the same version of the NVidia driver and all non-essential programs were disabled.
When I test the 450 and the 480 in the AMD X4 system, they are turning in pretty much the same level of performance, in that system.
The same holds true with the AMD X6, the 450 and 480 turn in virtually the same level of performance, in this system.
The AMD X6 with either the 450 or 480 does turn in a better performance over the AMD X4 with either video card.
The question.... Are you seeing result that are like this? Where using the exact same computer, turns in the same results with different video cards.
From the number of emails I get about the article, other have reported this to me also. I have had a few people who said when they did see a minor speed increase when they did switch between a 450 and a 480 and a couple who did see a good speed increase.
I am working on changing the article to reflect this and would really appreciate your input or Bills input on this.
I have looked at your benchmark chart and read through the result, but one thing that concerns me when reading some of the results is what programs do they have running in background, if any. And how is that effecting their performance. That is why I used the two systems I listed above to do the tests with. It gives me a controlled enviroment to do test the performance of the video cards in.
As a side note, when I tested the 450 and 480 cards in a friends Intel I7 system, again we didn't see any performance difference between the two video cards, but he did have some programs running in background which may have caused the perfornce results I got.
Best Regards
David Knarr

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