Re: SCSI HD - First Class Peripherals

["David Chiu" <none@nowhere.org>]

What you have appears to be a SASI drive produced by Xebec/FirstClass
Periphrials. I vaguely recall those do not use 25 pin, but some oddball 37
pin cable.

The firmware on the Xebec 1410 (MFM to SASI controller) is brain damaged to
recognize specific drive geometry, so I hope you are not expecting to be
able to swap out the mechanism for a larger capacity drive...

Brian Reed <please_reply_in_this_newsgroup_thanks@noplace.com> wrote in
message 383a0b50.1155545276@news.gatecom.com">news:383a0b50.1155545276@news.gatecom.com...
> I want to build a cable for my IIe scsi drive.  I received the card
> and external units as part of a lot - they may not even go together,
> but I think they do.  Doesnt look like the classic Apple controller,
> at least going by numbers in the FAQs.
>
> I'm guessing that this DB25-P to DB25-P cable is 'straight through',
> but I am hoping someone here knows anything about these units.
>
> The card is a Xebec with just a few ID's:
>  FCC ID: CF77KL103916APPLE
>  EPROM: 103684 C Copyright Xebec 1988
>  ASSY: 103916-00  REV H-04  S/N 11-0103
> With a 50-pin ribbon cable that goes to a DB25-S.
> Apple is mentioned in the FCC ID but nowhere else.
>
> The drive unit logo says Omnishore Electronics Manufacturin, but
> that looks like an OEM sticker.  The base says First Class
> Peripherals underneath:
>   Model 9720H, P/N 106034-08, FCC CF77KL9700H
> Internally it has a Seagate ST-125 20Meg, with a Xebec PCB that
> has the numbers 00-C10 and 91-016.
> It also has a DB25-S.
>
> - Bri
>