Re: How do I hook up a SCSI HD?

[o9938156@unicorn.it.wsu.edu (mark lyon)]

Alexander David Wiebe (umwieb81@news.cc.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
: Ok here's my dilema:

: I have a ][e with the following:
: 	serial printer card (Grappler?)
: 	clock
: 	serial card for my modem
: 	1MB 80 column card (in the aux slot)
: 	5 1/4" drive controller card in slot 5
: 	a dead (I believe but not sure) slot 6
: 	an empty slot 7 (and 4)

: I hopefully will be aquiring a Rev. C SCSI card, and a hard drive to match.
: The controller card is used, so doc's probably won't be available.  What 
: I need to know is how to install the hard drive on my ][e.  ie: Is slot 7 
: ok for the controller? (will it boot from there, or does it have to be a 
: lower slot # then the floppy drive?)  I've heard that I'll need 
: partitioning software for any hard drive bigger then 32MB, could someone 
: post it to the binaries news group (along with doc's)?  What version of 
: ProDOS do I need to handle the hard drive? 2.x?

Slot 7 is fine, and it will boot from slot 7 before 6; it starts at 7
and works it's way down.  I assume you mean the SCSI card is a RamFast
card, and not an Apple HS SCSI card, and if so, there is partitioning
firmware built into ROM on the card.  To access it, press 0 while booting.
Any version of ProDOS should work.

: Ack!  I really am not too sure what I'm doing, so if it is too basic 
: to waste bandwidth, email will do.  They are pretty generous around here, 
: my mail box should be able to take it :-)

: Thanks
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: Alex Wiebe
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