Re: CMS External Hard drive

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jsb4@Sunmuw1.MUW.Edu (James S Blackmon) wrote:

>I came across a CMS External Hard drive with with the following specs
>
>FCC ID: FUL4TTSTACK3
>Model: STACK/3
>CMS Enhancements, INC
>Made in the USA
>
>The hard drive inside is a Seagate ST 225N 21.3 mb after I looked it up.
>
>Power supply board inside lists it as Skynet Technologies 1988 ((yeah I
>got the predessor of the Terminator just kiddin))
>
>It has two 25 pin ports on the back and 8 dip switches.
>
>What can you tell me about this unit?  Can it be used with an IBM if so
>what drivers or cards are necessary?
>
>The unit powers up and spins but does little else. From looking at is
>inside it looks like it needs a controller in the computer that it is
>being used with.

It is an external SCSI drive.  You can use it with an Apple II 8-bit,
Apple IIGS, Amiga, IBM, Macintosh, or any other computer
supporting SCSI either via a built-in port or via an SCSI card.

For IBM, you need an SCSI card and the drivers that come with
that card.