Resurrecting a Legacy X86 PC..

[Channel Hopper]

Yes, it's the aha2940au

PCI SCSI Controller Adaptec AHA-2940AU PnP #303: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Pictures to follow.

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[Vipersan]

So ..here we go ..
I now have a working Magneto Optical drive ...
Arrived this afternoon ..
No longer need persue the original with scsi ..
cos surprise surprise ..
this one is IDE ..??
I didn't know they ever made one ?
Works the same way ..
reads both PD cart and CD ..but no need for a CD adapter cartridge ..
An excellent buy for the money ..
Came shrink wrapped and tested ..2017..
device dated 2001 ..whereas my old scsi unit was 1996 ..
happy days ..
Gonna need that PCI to IDE even more now..
lol

 

[Vipersan]

The first PD I checked contains what is probably the best PC golf game I ever played ..

32 courses ..if memory serves ..courses by Pete Dye ..
a Sierra game of quality ..and is all there including the installation..
Nice..
PGA Championship Golf 2000

 

[Vipersan]

The second disc is full of music ..
some of which I haven't heard in a long while..
I think it was a sound investment ..
..and absolutley no degradation of data ..
PDs may not have caught on ..but I suspect they will outlast any CD ..
perhaps not Mdisc ..but only time will tell..
lol

 

[Analoguesat]

The second disc is full of music ..
some of which I haven't heard in a long while..

What treasures have you found on here?

 

[Vipersan]

some John Mayal ..Magicians hat -B0 Hannson ...
Some Leonard Cohen ...and Camembert Electrique - Gong

 

[Channel Hopper]

and Camembert Electrique - Gong

Usually a November , possibly late October album.

For Evan and his quest

 

[Analoguesat]

Some of those Electric Cheese tracks sound like early Pink Floyd.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Some of those Electric Cheese tracks sound like early Pink Floyd.

Both bands had members that were accomplished instrument players, flutists among them, which is a common link in the woodwind tracks.

 

[Vipersan]

now if its a bit of flautism you like ..

Ohhh ..I just wanna go back to my youth now...

 

[Channel Hopper]

Ian Anderson could go solo on stage for up to 15 minutes

Christopher Taylor was a session flutist with many bands

Christopher Taylor

including the Beatles

 

[Channel Hopper]

Jimmy Hastings

 

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Gabriel

 

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Ian McDonald

 

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Chris Wood

 

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[Vipersan]

This is certainly fast becoming a super-retro thread ..
Perhaps we should start one ..to keep general retro banter seperate from the techy stuff..
great tunes CH ..most of which I remember and fill me with longing for my past..
;)