Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A 2-Channel PCI Controller Card IDE PATA Kit Vintage NOS Sealed
⚙️ Critical Item Specifics
• Condition: New Other (see details) (Note: Choose this tier and write "Factory Sealed New Old Stock" in the condition description box)
• Brand: Adaptec
• Type: RAID Controller Card / Host Adapter
• Form Factor: Low-Profile Design [see image]
• Compatible Slot: PCI (Standard 32-Bit, 33 MHz PCI slot) [see image]
• Interface / Format: Parallel ATA (PATA / IDE / Ultra ATA-100) [see image]
• Number of Channels: 2 Channels (Supports up to 4 IDE Hard Drives) [see image]
• RAID Levels Supported: RAID 0, 1, 0/1, and JBOD [see image]
• Model: ATA RAID 1200A / AAR-1200A KIT [see image]
• Product P/N: 1891200 [see image]
🌟 Heritage Warehouse Stock:
This item is part of a large batch of legacy inventory inherited from an old computer storefront that closed its doors years ago. It has been safely stored in a climate-controlled, smoke-free backroom environment for decades.
📦 Item Condition:
Genuine Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A 2-Channel PCI Host Adapter Kit (Model: AAR-1200A KIT / P/N: 1891200) [image_pUYllb.png]. This is a pristine, time-capsule New Old Stock (NOS) vintage networking and storage component from 2003 [see image].
The outer retail box remains 100% factory-sealed in its original manufacturer clear shrink-wrap packaging [see image]. It has never been opened, breached, or exposed to external elements. Because it is a vintage NOS item, the underlying low-profile host card, original IDE ribbon cables, software installation drivers, and manual packets inside are completely untouched, pristine, and zero-hour.
Please Note Packaging Details:
The front face of the outer factory shrink-wrap features a small green inventory tracking sticker reading "G22" on the upper right corner [see image]. The cardboard edges beneath the plastic are exceptionally sharp, crisp, and immaculate with no crushing.
✨ Key Features:
• Bootable Storage Array Support: Seamlessly configures high-speed performance striping or secure mirror sets (RAID 0, 1, 0/1, and JBOD) [see image].
• 48-bit LBA Integration: Advanced on-board BIOS architecture natively supports large legacy hard drive sizes extending far beyond the traditional 137 Gbyte barrier [see image].
• Dual IDE channels transferring data up to a clean 100 MByte/sec per channel [see image]
⚠️ RETRO COMPATIBILITY DISCLAIMER — PLEASE READ:
• This is a legacy early-2000s Standard 32-Bit PCI Expansion Card meant for older computer motherboards [see image].
• It WILL NOT FIT OR FUNCTION in modern desktop computer systems (modern desktop motherboards utilize PCI Express / PCIe slots, which are physically and structurally incompatible with legacy PCI host controllers).
• Drive Interface Type: Built explicitly to route legacy Parallel ATA (IDE / PATA) hard drives via classic 40-pin or 80-conductor ribbon cables [image_4IeF61.png]. It features NO native SATA ports for modern solid-state or mechanical drives.
• Operating System Support: This vintage controller features native legacy driver profiles for classic operating systems including Windows 98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP [see image].
• Buyer Technical Responsibility: Please consult your retro server setup manual to ensure your board platform features an available legacy open PCI slot and that you understand how to navigate legacy storage matrix tools. No technical configuration or firmware utility support is provided.
• Value Retention Note: Because this item is highly collectible to technology preservationists specifically due to its pristine, unopened condition, returns CANNOT be accepted for any reason if the clear factory shrink-wrap layer is sliced, torn, or breached by the buyer.
• Fraud Prevention: To secure the transaction against component swapping or weight-swap return schemes, the factory retail UPC block (760884137734), the explicit product serial layout (PRODUCT S/N: HX0A41600KN), and structural box orientation traces have been thoroughly logged and cataloged prior to shipping [see image].
