Re: Using 20SC with //GS?

[marvinmiller@hotmail.com (Marvin Miller)]

Oh -Oh,

What sounded simple is now getting complex! Perhaps I should give you
the complete scenario as it looks like there might be issues
looming....


I need a SCSI controller for my ROM 03 //gs.
I have two Quantum Fireball TM's (2.1gig) that are NT formatted that I
want to install into two cases (there seems to be no issue with the
cases, but maybe with the drives?)

In this //gs will be a 6 meg AE memory card and a ZipGS initally
running at 7Mhz and soon to pushed to at least 10Mhz.

Question: 
What SCSI card is _known_ to work in this type of configuration?
What revision level?
Given (2) 2.1 gig drives, will I be able to 'see' all that space under
ProDos?

Reason: I have approx 750megs of Apple progs that I want to archive
onto those disks. I want to run all the old A2 apps/games and the
newer //gs stuff and 'mirror' the data from one drive to the other for
acrhival purposes so that I will never loose these old progs.

Seeing I haven't bought the SCSI controller yet, it's important that I
get the 'proper' one right off the bat (given this scenario).

Thanks for your continued help;
Marvin Miller



On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:13:50 -0800, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

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>Marvin Miller wrote:
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>> Hi;
>>
>> I need some hard drives for my //gs. I was thinking of using the
>> RAMFast SCSI card and some 20SC external hard drives.
>>
>> I'm planning on replacing whatever's inside the 20SC cases with a more
>> modern 2+ gig hard drive and daisy chaining them together.
>>
>> Does anyone see any problems with this? The reason for the 20SC's is
>> that I need cases and they seem to be pretty cheap on e-bay.
>
>You could run into a problem with some newer drives and the ramfast.
>Some drives require the SCSI interface to have a SCSI id of it;s own
>and the Ramfast doesn't. This can cause all kinds of difficulties. The
>Quantum fireball is a prime example.
>
>> Also, can people use these as is with the //gs?
>
>The SC20 case itself is nice in that it has mounting holes for either
>3.5" or
>5.25" hard drives.
>
>   Wayne
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