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Zenst 7y ago
Exactly that, I don't have a link but SCSI adapters to SD card's are used by many retro hardware people and they love them for that. I don't have a link to the device but a review of one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx1mu7TPtE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx1mu7TPtE8
- uk_programmer 7y ago
  I watch that guys channel from time to time. A lot of this stuff is easier thanks to forums and Youtube tbh.
himinlomax 7y ago
Keep in mind that the market for "retro hardware" is not limited to amateur tech archæologists. It also and probably mostly includes users of industrial equipment. Their useful lifetime can span decades even if the computers controlling them are beyond obsolete long before that, and replacing them can be nearly impossible or not economically viable.
buildsjets 7y ago
I have one and use it. Want to add an SSD to your Apple ][? Boom. https://www.reactivemicro.com/product/reactivemicro-driveturbo-for-iie-and-iigs/ https://www.reactivemicro.com/product/reactivemicro-drivetur...
- uk_programmer 7y ago
  It is really amazing how people are keeping these old machines alive.
mobilio 7y ago
I've using one of this CF to ISA for embedded x86 for some project. 15 years and it still working without trouble. Because CF was booting into ramdisk and isn't used anymore after boot.

Zenst 7y ago

Exactly that, I don't have a link but SCSI adapters to SD card's are used by many retro hardware people and they love them for that. I don't have a link to the device but a review of one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx1mu7TPtE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx1mu7TPtE8

uk_programmer 7y ago
I watch that guys channel from time to time. A lot of this stuff is easier thanks to forums and Youtube tbh.

himinlomax 7y ago

Keep in mind that the market for "retro hardware" is not limited to amateur tech archæologists. It also and probably mostly includes users of industrial equipment. Their useful lifetime can span decades even if the computers controlling them are beyond obsolete long before that, and replacing them can be nearly impossible or not economically viable.

buildsjets 7y ago

I have one and use it. Want to add an SSD to your Apple ][? Boom. https://www.reactivemicro.com/product/reactivemicro-driveturbo-for-iie-and-iigs/ https://www.reactivemicro.com/product/reactivemicro-drivetur...

uk_programmer 7y ago
It is really amazing how people are keeping these old machines alive.

mobilio 7y ago

I've using one of this CF to ISA for embedded x86 for some project. 15 years and it still working without trouble. Because CF was booting into ramdisk and isn't used anymore after boot.