Re: Sider controller card - SASI or SCSI?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message
news:bQ6Wb.26993$QX4.22431@clgrps13...
: Willi Kusche wrote:
: > Hi, y'all!
: >
: >    It's my understanding that the Sider card is a SASI card.
But
: > there's now one on eBay and someone e-mailed the seller that
it's a
: > SCSI card.  Which is it?
: >
: > Willi
:
: I have that same card and mine is SASI. Every so often someone
tries
: to get it working with a SCSI drive but I don't recall anyone
: reporting success here. Usually they try modifying the ROM.
They
: were trying to boot from it though. A driver that allows you to
: access SCSI drives with it might be a lot easier but you'd have
to
: boot from something else to load the driver.
:
: Wayne

No, it's not going to work even with a SCSI firmware
transplant. The SASI pinout isn't the same as SCSI.
I investigated this when I got a Xebec Sider controller
and then decided to simply sell the card to someone who
might be able to use it correctly.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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