From: "Erik E. Fair" <fair-tuhs@netbsd.org>
To: segaloco <segaloco@protonmail.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Might Have a DMERT SCSI Disk, Need Help Preserving
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:22:21 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29986.1709958141@cesium.clock.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <VTcqXbJu3X-CIAiWc5oEOUTAoCScvv4DGjFDoniGFTo36XFiGP6IlDNOgvRWl64KTB0lx_zx5_-zd-n_M1O1bdwFYCz1TsXxNR58GRzpgZA=@protonmail.com>
A storage device data recovery service that has been around since 1985:
"Drive Savers"
https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-services/devices-supported/external-drive-data-recovery/
I have never used their services myself, but they advertised handling SCSI drives back in the day, and given their business, I doubt they throw away outmoded gear - can't hurt to call 'em and ask.
I tried that imgur.com link and got a 404 - no image there.
An Ultra320 SCSI drive should have either a 68-pin or 80-pin SCA connector on the back, and will be "low voltage differential" (LVD) - an Ultra80 or Ultra160 SCSI controller should be able to talk to that, i.e., the drive should be able to negotiate the link speed with the controller and downgrade appropriately. I might be able to cobble something together from the junk I keep too much of to try and read the drive if it will spin up and talk, but an outfit like Drive Savers will be much better equipped than I am.
This might also be a job for the restoration folks at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
Erik Fair
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-09 4:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-09 3:59 [TUHS] " segaloco via TUHS
2024-03-09 4:22 ` Erik E. Fair [this message]
2024-03-09 4:29 ` [TUHS] " Warner Losh
2024-03-09 4:27 ` Kevin Bowling
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