Re: apple2/3 xebec card rev 1 info on this

["brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net>]

"brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net> wrote in message
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=5148768202&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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> the above link is for an apple 2/3 xebec card..
>
> it is currently for sale if anyone is interested..i'm using it as an
example
> for the following question.....
>
> oops briefly the card says...
>
> .......the rom on it says HAL 1983....i have one it says rev 1 on it
>
> and there is an actual pin setting on the card to jumper it for an apple 2
> or and apple 3...
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> now my guestion is kinda.....
>
> ......i have a mess of siders and xebec cards (1986 seems to be a good
> year)...anyway...
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> will this card WORK with xebec (ie Sider or ie....First Class Peripherals)
> brand devices...or is it pre-sider
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> which i suspect is the old 30mb xebec DataMac Trustor Drives (which i am
> fairly sure you CAN interface
>
> with the newer xebec/first class peripherals cards after this 1983
> date...but i'm not so sure that a 1983 xebec
>
> card would be recognized by the sider software setup disks....i have with
> this particular card....on anything xebec'ish.....ie too old
>
>
> anyway you get my drift...the old hd units prob are still sasi and
> recognised in a sasi chain with a newer first
> class peripherals or xebec sider card....and/or sider software for the
apple
> 2...(ie the 1986 ones)...but is the reverse true? using this card on a
> apple // for example would any sider software recognize this card or did
it
> have a special xebec type specific
> software pre-sider back in the day
>
> just wondering if anyone knows off hand....that might still have the
> beast.....up on something (at its age prob a black
> bell and howell apple 2....i remember seeing one with a 30mb datamac
trustor
> back in the day...sigh....sniffle...apple 2's in
> an actual apple display....i need a moment......)
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>
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> the other guestion is.......i was under the impression you could run a
newer
> sider card on an apple /// using the
> standard slots and such....?.....am i dense on this...but is this
something
> a newer sider card can do?....
>
> anyway....if someone is running such a card with say a more current sider
> and it works hunky dory let me know
>
> or if anyone is running an old 30 mb datamac trustor sasi unit labeled
xebec
> let me know that as well....
>
> sorry if i freaked anyone out by talking about something that is
prehistoric
> even on this prehistoric apple 2 area...but
> even i get stumped sometimes.....
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> brad
> former sysop lost-gonzo.com
> mrbrad(AT)ll.net
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i also found this link for HAL stuff ..not sure exactly what he is selling
or making here..but might be in the ball park?...in case anyone is
interested...they claim to have source etc for the HAL stuff on the eprom
before they discontinued the apple 2 support....sure looks like what i need
i sent him an email...anyway...i guess everything really is on the
net....look it over....not sure how current his page is...
http://members.aol.com/bergert/2GSutil/2GSutil.htm

anyway....its something....prob a lot of work for a card that prob already
works with a sider..best to be safe...

brad
mrbrad(AT)ll.net
former sysop at lost-gonzo.com (still down)