Re: New to the Apple IIGS, unknown card in slot 7.

["Matthew S. Carpenter" <msc1983@mac.com>]

Mitchell Spectora_specto@alcor.concordia.ca07/25/2001 06:51 PM

> "Matthew S. Carpenter" <msc1983@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> The hard disk says this on its sticker:
>> 
>> "Apple Computer,Inc.
>> Internal 3.5 Inch HDD 350MB SCSI
>> Firmware �1994
>> Manufactured to Apple Specifications
>> 5/12V     500/300 mA  Quantum ProDrive LT"
>> 
>> Do you know if this will work with a IIGS?
> 
> It would depend on the type of SCSI controller you use. A few different
> cards were manufactured, though only three are considered standard for
> connecting up hardisks and other devices on the Apple II. Those cards
> are: the Apple Rev C SCSI, Apple High-Speed SCSI and RamFAST SCSI.
> Anything else is rather obscure or severely limited...
> 
> That drive should work on all three controllers. From experience I do
> know that the Quantum 240 and 270 ProDrive LPS work on the RamFAST
> (it's the Quantum Fireball series you must avoid, though these work fine on
> the Apple made controllers). You'd just need an external SCSI enclosure to
> place the drive in. The two Apple controllers would need to be modified to
> supply term-power incidentally, *if* it's require.
> 
> Mitchell Spector
> a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca
> 
Mitchell,

    I have some questions about the SCSI cards you mentioned.  I have heard
of SCSI cards that couldn't work with removable media and such.

    Can the Apple Rev C SCSI or Apple High-Speed SCSI card mount removable
media such as a CD-drive?

    The name of the third one, the RamFAST card, made me a little curious.
When I was looking through auctions on e-bay I saw RAM cards that looked
like they had SCSI on them.  Is this one of them?  Or is it just a name?

Thank you.
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