The AHA-2930U is an ideal way to connect your Macintosh to a wide array of peripherals, including removable-cartridge drives, hard disk drives, scanners, CD-Recorders, and DVD... more
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Packaged Quantity: 10 (specifications are for single item)
Height: 12 cm, 12.7 cm, 12.1 cm, 11.9 cm
Weight: 0.67 kg
Storage controller
Controller Interface Type: Ultra SCSI, Fast SCSI
Data Transfer Rate: 20 MBps
Supported Devices: Hard drive, tape drive, removable media drive, CD drive, DVD drive, scanner, Tape drive, removable media drive, CD drive, DVD drive, scanner, Hard drive, removable media drive, CD drive, DVD drive
Channel Qty: 1
Max Storage Devices Qty: 7
BIOS Type / Vendor: Adaptec
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces:
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN Centronics
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN IDC, 1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50) ( external )
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50) ( external ), 1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50)
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN IDC, 1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN IDC
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50)
Compatible Slots: 1 x PCI, 1 x PCI - half-length
Provided Interfaces:
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50) ( external )
1 x storage - Ultra SCSI - 50 PIN IDC ( internal ), 1 x storage - Fast SCSI - 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50) ( external )
1 x storage - Fast SCSI - 50 PIN IDC ( internal )
Miscellaneous
Cables Included: 1 x SCSI cable - internal, 1 x SCSI cable - internal - 1.5 m
Package Type: Retail, Bulk
Compliant Standards: RoHS
Mounting Kit: Included
Manufacturer's product description
The AHA-2930U is an ideal way to connect your Macintosh to a wide array of peripherals, including removable-cartridge drives, hard disk drives, scanners, CD-Recorders, and DVD drives. It has an Ultra SCSI interface and features data transfer rates of up to 20MB per second. Its onboard PhaseEngine RISC processor offloads I/O command processing from your PowerPC processor, resulting in faster file operations and smoother video playback. In addition, you can daisy chain up to seven internal or external SCSI-1, SCSI-2, Fast SCSI, or Ultra SCSI devices to this one card. It has one 50-pin high-density female external connector and one 50-pin standard male internal connector.
OS Required: Apple MacOS 8.0 or later, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft DOS 6.0 or later, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft DOS 6.0 or later, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft DOS 6.0 or later, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft DOS 6.0 or later, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 or later, Microsoft Windows XP
Min Processor Type: Intel 486 or higher, 1467, 200 MHz
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 5 years warranty
Service & Support Details:
Limited warranty - replacement - 5 years - carry-in, Limited warranty - 5 years - carry-in, Limited warranty - parts and labour - 5 years - bring-In, Limited warranty - replacement - 5 years - bring-In, Limited warranty - parts and labour - 5 years - carry-in, Limited warranty - replacement - 5 years - carry-in
Technical support - phone consulting, Limited warranty - 5 years
Advantages: Works well out of box; captures video as MPEG-2 flawlessly Disadvantages: Stopped working after a Microsoft update - Adaptec will not offer free fix.
...Product served me well for transferring several piles of VHS tapes to my Media Center 2005 machine. Then - Microsoft came out with some software update and product only works for a limited time. Pause it while recording and the PC freezes. restart the PC and it no longer detects the device. Remove device - uninstall drivers and uninstalling WinDVR 3 all temporary fixes - problem reoccurs. Doing the C++ registry hack worked very limited, now does not. Adaptec - with this known problem - can not even be contacted outside of their "pay" support. Adaptec has not updated their searchable database with the "fix" - they apparently demand their customers to pay them before they assist. A sad state of affairs within a once-great company. Shame on you, Adaptec!...
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Advantages: Portable Device,Good for small time duration capturing Disadvantages: To convert 30 minutes of captured video it takes around two hours
...It Captures the Video in real time mode but drops number of frames.So you donot get the smooth motion of a scene. Same result is observed in the video cd. The manufacturer has set the time limit for capturing to only 600 seconds. After that audio & video goes out of sync
The software(sonic My DVD is supplied with the unit is also not user friendly.It is very slow. One major drawback is in preview mode, the source sound gets muted.It becomes difficult to recognise the scene.In video editing mode,after trimming unwanted footege,the audio video synchronisation goes totally out.The resulting vcd projet has very poor quality with lot of pauses and choppy movements.Very Furstrating.other capture devices has got far better quality than this Adaptec AVC-1100....
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Advantages: Plug n play, reliable, efficient Disadvantages: A bit pricy
...Finally, just when I was begining to give up on ever attaching my SCSI drive to my system, along came the answer to my prayers. A neat fitted in seconds, no need to open the case solution; the Adaptec USB to SCSI connector.
This piece of electronic genius allows you to connect virtually any SCSI device directly to your PC through its USB port. It works and is brilliant. It just plugs in and away it goes. Everything is supplied and with easy to follow directions.
It is not cheap though, expect to pay about $50 ($90) for it but compared with a SCSI card & cables it probably works out the same and is definately 100% less hastle than trying to configure an already stuffed full to the brim machine.
It's got my vote....
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