NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/1058

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From: [e-mail] (Scott Remick)
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Subject: Re: Parallel To SCSI Interface For PC
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Date: 2 Jan 93 07:56:37 GMT
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[e-mail] (John C. Wren) writes:

> Does anyone out here in netland know of a device that would let me connect
> my laptop (with no expansion slots, but with a parallel port) to the SCSI
> chain on my '486 so that I can treat the 120mb drive on the laptop as a
> disk drive on the '486?
>
> What I want to accomplish is being able to backup the laptop drive to the
> tape system on my '486.  It would also be useful for installing software
> from the CD ROM drive on the '486 onto the laptop.
>
> Any information would be appreciated.

Well I don't have the info off the top of my head, but there are adaptors
for laptops that give you a SCSI port via your parallel port (like the ones
that give you an ethernet port).  Would be a LOT slower than norm, but it
would do the job.  If I come across a specific one I'll pass the info along.


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