Re: crappy CMS SCSI card drivers

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

"Dave H. Hassler" writes ...
> 
> Hi gang.  I (unfortunately) own a CMS SCSI II card, with the 9/1/89
> version ROM.  I can't find the driver utilities for it *anywhere*, and
> the allelec.com site has only the driver for the last (I think) ROM, vers.
> 3/1/90.
> 
> Do any of you have the appropriate utilities for this ROM, the 9/1/89?
> Or, perhaps, can point me in the right direction.
> 
 ....

     The usual places to look would be the large Apple II archive sites (see
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs4MAJORSITES.html ).  However, the drivers
do not seem to be available. (I did a quick look through a few archives and did
not find any CMS drives.) 

     Below is a snip from a posting by Chuck Newby which may help. (Possibly
Chuck could sell you the drivers on diskette.)


>> 

 I will go this far with a IIe:  You will get a max of TWO partitions available
at any time the computer is running.  With the software that came with the CMS
card, you CAN swap in and out the other partitions......
  
 On the other hand, if you have a IIgs, your CMS SCSI will allow you to have all
the partitions available that are possible, BUT you must replace the SCSI driver
in the driver folder with the SCSI drive for the IIgs (also on the disk that
came with the CMS card).
  
 Now for the fun part:  THE MAIN difference between a CMS SCSI card and an Apple
REV C card is that the CMS card keeps your hard drive Partition table on the
CARD, rather than on the drive, where it belongs.  That should NOT be a problem
if you are using removable disks as you indicated, other than you might find it
necessary to reboot when you switch disks, but a IIgs reboots rather quickly. 
  
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