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Is there such a thing as a SCSI to USB or LPT1 adapter?

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Dhawk

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My boss said he had an extenernal SCSI CD burner he would give me to back up my files on my laptop. Of coarse my laptop doesn't have a SCSI port, so I was wondering if there was such a thing as a USB or LPT1 adapter I could buy so I could use it with my laptop.

Thanks
 
Don't know about USB but there are SCSI to parallel adapters. Just do a google search on "scsi to parallel adapter" and you'll see a bunch of them.
 
Yes, there are SCSI to Parallel adapters - not USB. But they are suck. I go with XPac - get a PCMCIA SCSI card - like an Apatec 1460 and do it the right way. Performance is loads better that way.
 
Thanks for the info guys. It looks like a PCMCIA SCSI card would be the best solution. Now just to find a good deal on one 🙂
 
I don't know how much they cost, but it almost might be a break-even between PCMCIA SCSI card and USB burner.
 
The best deal for your purpose is an Adaptec 1460 here for $80. Any SCSI connection to a burner will blow away any thing USB 1 - in fact, USB 1 is almost too slow for an external burner.

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