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Re: MaxPort fo IIc?

Subject: Re: MaxPort fo IIc?
From: Patrick Schaefer <patrick.schaefer@topmail.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:16:49 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
References: <39F8F0AE.60393688@intergate.bc.ca> <20001027071650.29736.00000112@ng-cr1.aol.com>
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Quadrajet1 schrieb:

>    If it's like the multitude of SCSI add-ons for the 128K to 512K Mac, it is a
> small piggyback board that plugs into the ROM sockets on the motherboard, and
> comes with a cable, that allows you to put the DB25 SCSI port where the battery
> cover is currently on those Macs.  It probably had some sort of ROM enhancement
> that allowed it to work with 800k drives.

I have such a SCSI board in my 128k Mac. The card uses the same ROMs as
the Mac 512Ke does, that means SCSI support has been added by Apple
Computer the same time when 800k support was added. The only thing
missing in the original 128/512k Mac is a NCR 53C80 chip at the right IO
address.


Patrick

References:
- MaxPort fo IIc?
  - From: Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>
- Re: MaxPort fo IIc?
  - From: quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)

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