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Adaptec SlimSCSI PCMCIA SCSI Adapter PC Card APA-1460A with Centronics 50 Cable
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Adaptec SlimSCSI PCMCIA SCSI Adapter PC Card APA-1460A with Centronics 50 Cable
Price: US $86.00

sale includes:

  • Adaptec 1460A SlimSCSI SCSI host adapter
  • 3ft 50-pin Centronics CN50 SCSI connector cable

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The Adaptec SlimSCSI is the perfect way to connect portable SCSI CD-ROM readers & writers, hard disks, Zip and Jaz drives, even SCSI scanners to your laptop simply and easily! Provides high-performance SCSI connections over the PCMCIA interface.

For portable computers which lack expansion slots for conventional SCSI adapters, just plug it into your PCMCIA slot, connect your SCSI devices and away you go!

Product Benefits

  • Up to 6 times faster than parallel port - Imagine copying 100MB of data in just 75 seconds, instead of eight minutes. You’ll save precious time when you’re on the move-and you’ll save precious battery life, too.
  • Full Plug-and Play support
  • Connect up to 3 SCSI peripherals via daisy-chain
  • Compatible with all Windows and DOSoperating systems: DOS, Windows® 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Wndows CE®, Windows® 3.x and IBM OS/2.
  • Works with any PC Card Type II or Type III slot; you do NOT need a CardBus slot in your laptop to use this card, it works with both CardBus and non-CardBus PCMCIA class="title">Adaptec Product Specifications: APA-1460A

    Product Specifications

    Data Transfer Rate Up to 2 MByte/sec PC Card bus rate
    Up to 10 MByte/sec synchronous burst rate on SCSI bus Device Support Up to 7 daisy-chained SCSI devices
    Windows CE: 1 removable, 1 SCSI hard drive (1 partition) or 1 CD-ROM drive System Requirements Portable PC with PC Card Type II, Type III, or Toshiba Type IV sockets
    MS-DOS® versions (5.x, 6.x)
    Windows 95, Windows NT v3.51 and Microsoft Windows for Work Groups
    (3.1, 3.11), DR DOS® (6.0), ASPI, OS/2 Warp
    Package Contents APA-1460A PC Card-to-SCSI host adapter, in storage case
    Lightweight, detachable 3-foot cable, with 50-pin low density connector
    APA-1460A SlimSCSI Installation Guide
    Windows 95, Windows NT and OS/2 drivers diskette
    AdaptecEZ-SCSI 4.0 (CD-ROM)
    CardWizard Pro for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 software diskettes
    Redemption coupon for cable upgrade

    General Specifications

    SCSI Erasable Media Support Multiple partitions
    Fixed or removable media
    Extended partitions (greater than 32 Mbytes) under MS-DOS 3.3 or later
    Supports 1024 bytes/sector
    Cable Options 50-pin High-Density (SCSI-2)
    50-pin Low-Density (SCSI-1)
    DB-25-pin cable offer in kit SCSI Data Format 8-bit with automatic parity generation Termination Power Active termination (internal) provided

    Electrical and Mechanical Specifications

    Board Dimensions PCMCIA Type II Card plus 3-foot SCSI cable Power Consumption 0.3 typical
    0.2 W standby mode Supported Operating Systems Supported Operating Systems BeOS 3.1
    IBM OS/2 Warp Client 3.0
    IBM OS/2 Warp Client 4.0
    IBM OS/2 Warp Server 3.0
    IBM OS/2 Warp Server 4.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS 5.x
    Microsoft MS-DOS 6.x
    Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11
    Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
    Microsoft Windows 95
    Microsoft Windows 95a
    Microsoft Windows 95b
    Microsoft Windows 95c
    Microsoft Windows 98
    Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
    Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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