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Mac PRO SCSI Options
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: San Francisco
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Hey all,
Does anyone know what SCSI options are available / compatible with the Mac PRO?
Thanks!
- Moo!
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Nevermind. I found out that a company called ATTO has several cards that boast SCSI compatibility with the latest and greatest from Apple. =)
- Moo!
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"He only has one look... it's like I've been taking crazy pills!"
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Don't answer this if you don't want to, but what kinds of things still require SCSI?
David
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Mac Enthusiast
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older scsi peripherals (scanners, external hard drives.... 1st gen. zip drives)
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Don't bully me, I got an Uzi... HOO-HAH!
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Very little. The main use for SCSI are really fast HDs. Other than that it's mainly legacy devices.
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Mac Pro Dual 3.0 Dual-Core
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Originally Posted by Leonard 
Very little. The main use for SCSI are really fast HDs. Other than that it's mainly legacy devices.
And even those are an edangered species, as not many are made anymore and the ones that are sell for rediculous prices.....
Plus the advent of SATA 2 + 10k Raptors are more & more making them a distant memory, finally 
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Originally Posted by iMacfan
Don't answer this if you don't want to, but what kinds of things still require SCSI?
David
I convinced a close friend to switch to the Macintosh platform, the only holdover being an EPSON GT-10000+ large-scale scanner. A new scanner of the same size and caliber with USB/Firewire would cost between 2k and 3k, whereas a SCSI card and software would cost around $500.
He would have to use VueScan for printing as native drivers are not available for OSX, so while the solution is not pretty and native, he at least has a viable option. =)
- Moo!
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Originally Posted by bowwowman
Plus the advent of SATA 2 + 10k Raptors are more & more making them a distant memory, finally
SCSI still averages about double the sustained transfer rate of a comparable SATA drive.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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SCSI is much faster, but few people would need it in a home/small office environment.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Alot of Systems Admins still prefer SCSI over SATA because it's a proven technology especially when it's mission critical and $$$/jobs are at risk =P
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2.66Ghz Mac Pro 2GM Ram 160Gig HD Ati X1900XT, 24" Dell 2407WFP
13.3" Mac Book Core Duo 2GIG Ram 80Gig HD
12" PowerBook 1.5Ghz 1.25GB Ram 60Gig HD
12" iBook 600Mhz (Late 2001) 640MB Ram 30Gig HD
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fibre channel beats 'em all ;-)
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If you want to simply connect a scanner, how about getting a FireWire-SCSI/USB-SCSI adaptor? That should be plenty for a scanner.
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