Hi,
Nice to know there are people out there that share this interest on vintage SCSI storage devices. :)
First of all it's a challenge to find pre-1990 SCSI storage devices as the SCSI interface only became standardized in 1986.
I have managed to get my hands on diverse vintage SCSI materials throughout the years and test them against my S2800i (also 50 pin centronics connector). I guess the results on the S1000 would be similar.
Here's some of my findings on a nutshell:
- I've once got my hands on 5 seagate SCSI HDD's of 500 Mb, which have been kept in storage for 15-20 yr as spares to a very old mainframe. This 'till the day this machine was replaced, and I was given these as gift. They all worked on the AKAI, but after a couple of days use, they went failing one after the other \u2026 Not a success.
- Other SCSI drives, not much of a success, most of them break down after the 1st spin (just too old or worn out I guess), or were already broken.
- Then I got a Syquest 5 1/4" 44 Mb removable disk drive, with a bunch of disks. The previous owner was a hardcore oldskool mac user, and have used these disks a lot. To my surprise, I could re-format (=arrange!) these with the AKAI and they work still very well. We're talking of technology released in 1988. The same applies to the Syquest 5 1/4" 88 Mb and 200 Mb models (which I also got and tried).
- I once got a syquest 3 1/2" and the drive broke down after a few hours of service, but it did work with the AKAI.
- I had mixed experiences with CD-ROM drives, it seems that, the older the drive, the better chance for compatibility, the best being these 2x-speed models from yamaha.
On the end of the day, I have to admit, the easiest, cheapest and most practical is to find a ZIP or JAZ drive (both work well). Some people just throw these at auction sites for a very few euros, together with a bunch of media.
The ideal solution is these CF card readers with SCSI interface, but it seems they are no longer being available?
Unless you are really for the pre-1990 vintage stuff, in that case I can only recommend you the Syquest 5 1/4" 44 Mb. You get a real vintage feeling as you insert this huge cartridge, slide the lever, hear the drive spinning up, and see those old leds blinking and turning green telling you the drive is ready :)
With a bit of patience you can still find these on auction sites, like I did.
Cheers!
From: <racciolo@...>
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Date: dinsdag 6 mei 2014 12:36
To: <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Vintage (pre 1990) scsi drive options
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Date: dinsdag 6 mei 2014 12:36
To: <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Vintage (pre 1990) scsi drive options
Hi all,
I already have an iomega zip drive for my S1000 but since that came out in 1994 (or 1996) I was wondering which external hard drives were compatible with the S1000 at the time it was first introduced.
At the moment the only pre-1990 external SCSI drives I could find with 50pin Centronics connection are the Apple SC series (although that doesn't necessarily mean they would even work) but surely there must be others...
Sorry for the "novelty" question but just thought I'd ask some of the experts on this board as I'm quite into my vintage computing... ;)
Thanks!