Re: sider card and scsi hard drives.

[me2@nowhere.org (Bart)]

In article <3BBD0467.6D05CCAC@intergate.bc.ca>, waynes@intergate.bc.ca says...
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>John Clausen wrote:
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>> Does anyone know what hard drives are compatable with the Sider hard drive
>> controler?
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>> When I plug in an old 40 MB SCSI, the IIe will not power on.
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>> Thanks,
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>> John
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>The only compatible drives are the Sider hard drives. The Sider card is SASI
>not SCSI so SCSI drives just don't work with it. There are some similaritiers
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>between SCSI and SASI and quite a few people have tried to modify the Sider
>card to work with SCSI drives . To my knowledge none have ever suceeded
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>    Wayne
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Well actually Wayne.... I happen to know of two cases where it has worked.  
but in both cases the card would ONLY work with 1 specific drive and only that 
drive. In either case  it took a special re-write of the firmware.  Would that 
I had that firmware;  I have 2 Sider cards and no drive alas. I got 1 SCSI to 
be recognized (a 20 meg sidways mounted thing with no name on the case and no 
number dial or switch for the ID set).  it even formated  (thanks btw for the 
software ;).  and on a GS under 6.0.1 I got the drive up on the desktop and 
everything BUT I could never write to it AND read back the data.  Write yes,  
it said file was there yes, read:  System crash.  consistently. argh!  Ah 
well...  
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