Re: Finally, I have a Sider HD

[Michael <michael@apple2world.com>]

Cheap hobby?!?!?! :) :)

I've plunked down over $1500 in Apple stuff in the last month, am
paying an additional $600 for three more apples (very rare, an original
II, a IIc+, and a IIe2iigs conversion), $750 on a super-suped up //gs
(oh but its nice)!  And another $2000 on a collection of Apple //gs's
with about 5000 disks.... my wife is ready to kill me! :)

Mike


In article <dLXM5.51105$E85.1348493@news1.sttls1.wa.home.com>,
  "Ernest" <ernestls@home.com> wrote:
> I finally found a Sider HD, and it actually works. I found a Xebec
SASI card
> in a IIe box about a year ago, and then a few weeks ago, I was given
several
> boxes of Apple II items, and inside one of the boxes was the Sider
user
> manual and setup disks. Yesterday, I finally received a Sider HD in
the mail
> at work. I was really excited but I've worked with enough MFM drives
to know
> that they don't like being banged around much, like being shipped
across the
> country, so I tried not to get to excited until I had a chance to
test it.
> Are SASI drives as delicate as MFM drives?
>
> I took it home, plugged everything in, and the drive seemed to be
dead. The
> red light didn't even come on. So I opened the Sider box, and
switched the
> power plug (why does it have two, anyway?,) plugged everything back
in, and
> the drive spun up. I followed the directions in the manual to set it
up but
> my IIe kept crashing at different points during the setup. So, I drug
out a
> different IIe, plugged everything in, and the setup worked just like
the
> manuals said. I guess that my first IIe must have a bad Slot #7.
>
> Now, the IIe boots from the hard drive, and the Sider seems to be
just fine.
> Yahoo! I've wanted one of these drives ever since I learned of them,
when I
> found the Xebec card. I haven't installed any programs on the drive
yet,
> other than the Sider setup software -I still need to setup the Pascal
and
> CP/M stuff but I'll do that later today.
>
> Overall, this has been a very exciting "new find" week for me. On
Monday, I
> received an Acorn BBC Master, BBC Master Compact (with expansion disk
> drive,) Microvitec Cub (color) monitor, Acorn Electron, and the old
style
> BBC Data Casette Recorder, and a bunch of software tapes and user
manuals
> for these computers.
>
> Tuesday, I recieved a bunch of Apple II CP/M software, and setup
disks.
>
> Wednesday, I was given two more mystery boxes of Apple II stuff. I
haven't
> even opened up the boxes yet but they're really heavy, so there may
be some
> fun things inside (other than just software.)
>
> Thursday, I closed the deal on a trade for an Amstrad CPC 464 system,
with
> color monitor, books, and a ton of programs on cassette. (I'm hoping
to
> receive that package by the end of next week.)
>
> Yesterday, I received the Sider drive.
>
> This should be a fun weekend for tinkering around with old computers.
What
> other hobby can give you so much excitement for so little money? Even
> gardening costs a fortune if you want to do it right.
>
> Ernest
>
>

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