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Stephen
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Feb 24, 2022 - #1
After watching a popular youtuber's recent Patreon-only video, I was inspired to retry my Logic LUB-SC adapter which I purchased from Sendico on my birthday in 2021.



I am pretty sure the drive I was testing it on was ID 0. My M1 Mac Mini recognized the USB device appropriately but didn't detect the SCSI drive.

Has anyone else played with a USB to SCSI adapter?
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Kai Robinson
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Feb 24, 2022 - #2
@Mac84 IIRC had one or two of these - maybe he might know? :)

This Does Not Compute
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Feb 24, 2022 - #3
Back in the late 90s, after buying an iMac DV, I picked up an Entrega-branded USB-to-SCSI adapter so I could keep using my Zip drive and scanner. To say that the adapter was flaky was an understatement. I could never determine whether it was hardware or driver related (honestly, probably both, as rebooting often got it working for a little while), but I do wonder if there's an important software component required to make those work. A modern Mac may be able to enumerate the USB adapter, but may still require drivers to handle data communication. Maybe try it on a classic Mac, with the drivers, and see if you have better results?

Stephen
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Feb 24, 2022 - #4
Thanks guys, I'll give it a whirl on a G4 cube [fingers-crossed]

This Does Not Compute
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Feb 24, 2022 - #5
In case you don't have them, it looks like the drivers are still available for download from Logitec's site (Google Translate link):


They list OS 9 and OS X drivers, but they top out at Jaguar -- so trying on your G4 Cube should give you a much better chance of success.

Stephen
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Feb 24, 2022 - #6
>> This Does Not Compute said:
In case you don't have them, it looks like the drivers are still available for download from Logitec's site (Google Translate link): [katakana-letter-do] [fullwidth-ampersand] [katakana-letter-ma] - [katakana-letter-i] - LUB-SC - [katakana-letter-ro] www-logitec-co-jp.translate.goog They list OS 9 and OS X drivers, but they top out at Jaguar -- so trying on your G4 Cube should give you a much better chance of success. Click to expand...
I had no idea -- thank you, Colin!

ScutBoy
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Feb 25, 2022 - #7
I've got a Firewire/SCSI doodad somewhere if that helps...

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