Re: SCSI HD - First Class Peripherals

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Brian Reed wrote:

> 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.

It's not an Apple SCSI but a SASI controller for the Sider hard drives.

>
>
> 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 cable is wired pin 1 to p1n 1, pin 2 to pin 2, etc. If there wasn't
one
with the machine you'll need a terminator. A SCSI terminator will work
however DB25 SCSI terminators are hard to find. However you can use
a centronics passthrough terminator on the end of a DB25 to centronics
cable It's not as neat as having a DB25 terminator but it'll work in a
pinch.

>
>
> 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.

That's exactly the same card as I use with my Sider. You're fortunate
thate
both the drive and interface card use the same DB25. I have some Sider
cables
that are DB37 on one end and DB25 on the other.
One neat thing about the Sider is you can have a mixture of ProDOS, DOS
3.3,
CP/M and Pascal partitions. If you need the utilities disks let me know
and I'll
email you a copy of them.