HELP: USB SCSI adapter

[Stephen]

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?

 

[Kai Robinson]

@Mac84 IIRC had one or two of these - maybe he might know?

 

[This Does Not Compute]

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]

Thanks guys, I'll give it a whirl on a G4 cube

 

[This Does Not Compute]

In case you don't have them, it looks like the drivers are still available for download from Logitec's site (Google Translate link):

ドライバ ＆ マニュアル（取扱説明書）ダウンロード - インターフェース - LUB-SC - ロジテック

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]

In case you don't have them, it looks like the drivers are still available for download from Logitec's site (Google Translate link):

ドライバ ＆ マニュアル（取扱説明書）ダウンロード - インターフェース - LUB-SC - ロジテック

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.

I had no idea — thank you, Colin!

 

[ScutBoy]

I've got a Firewire/SCSI doodad somewhere if that helps...