From: thefadden@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 11:05:50 AM UTC-7, sc...@alfter.diespammersdie.us   
   wrote:   
   > If you don't want to install Linux permanently, perhaps the course to take   
   > is to get a live-system DVD, such as this:   
      
   I think you're right.  I was hoping for a "plug this in and everything works"   
   answer, but PCI card + Linux recovery will work as plan B. :-)   
      
   > IME, hardware tends to be supported under Linux much longer than it does   
   > under Windows. I have a scanner that still works with Linux that was last   
   > supported by Windows XP.   
      
   Linux does a great job with old hardware, Microsoft does a great job with old   
   software.  Apple... no.   
      
   I'm looking at an Adaptec 29160, which should fit in my 2014-era PC (it has at   
   least one plain PCI slot).  If I'd known parallel SCSI was getting abandoned   
   this hard I'd have kept an old card.  I've found some PCI-E cards, but not   
   with 50-pin connectors.   
      
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