Re: HD20

[who@where.what (Bart)]

>The square pack IWM in the IIgs has a part number of 344-0041-A and a
>copyright date of 1982, so it seems very likely that this is an IWM.  It
>might be a specially modified version (indicated by the 'B' suffix).
>
>
So....if a modified IWM is in use here, and if this is indeed a SCSI<>Floppy 
solution as it seems to be....  The Rodime indeed looks like a SCSI and nothing 
at all like a SIDER SASI or a ProFILE type (I have both), I think the reason it 
has this 26 pin connector instead if the standard 50 is simple economy.  
probably learned from the Apple II and the HS SCSI card and Rev C:  iirc 25 or 
one half of the SCSI pins in a normal 50 are ground.  would not 1 server for 
all, hence 26?  (it also comes out even that way; odd numbered pins on a ribbon 
wire would be a bear to manufacture!
....then....   Is this not almost EXACTLY the Chinook solution?
And, if so (now rememeber gang I know squat about this so I am talkin through 
my hat), then would not a different firmware, or other such work for modifying 
a HD20 to be accessable from a //c?  I would jump for joy if it was something 
as simple as swapping a socketed chip.

-Bart