Re: Looking for Sider Diskettes

[Bryan Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org>]

Okay.... Here are the pin-outs:

37 pin   2x25 pin
D-Sub      header

 1 ->  1
 2 ->  3
 3 ->  5
 4 ->  7
 5 ->  9
 6 -> 11
 7 -> 13
 8 -> 15
 9 -> 17
10 -> 19
11 -> 34
12 -> 36
13 -> 38
14 -> 40
15 -> 42
16 -> 44
17 -> 46
18 -> 48
19 -> 50
20 ->  2
21 ->  4
22 ->  6
23 ->  8
24 -> 10
25 -> 12
26 -> 14
27 -> 16
28 -> 18
29 -> 20
30 -> 35
31 -> 37
32 -> 39
33 -> 41
34 -> 43
35 -> 45
36 -> 47
37 -> 49

Source: Sider Fixed Disk Drive Subsystem User's Guide 106109-01 Rev. D

Also note that the drive needs a terminator plug on one of the two
ports on the back of the external drive. I tried, and I can't get my
drive to work without one.

In article <310820000935243516%news001@nospam_macgeek.org>, Bryan
Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org> wrote:

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> I have the pin-outs for the cable... I'll post it later today!
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> In article <39ae9813@news1.svn.net>, Paul Grammens <grammens@svn.net>
> wrote:
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> > Bryan Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org> wrote in message
> > news:310820000123225836%news001@nospam_macgeek.org...
> > > Aloha, guys!
> > >
> > > I'm hunting around for the First Class Peripherals Sider diskettes... I
> > > have the original manual, and they list the following three diskettes:
> > >
> > > The version that's currently installed on my Sider is 4.0. If someone
> > > could point me to an FTP site I could download from, that would be
> > > great. Thanks!
> > >
> > 
> > I could use the disks too.  I found a Sider hard disk and sometime later was
> > given a Xebec Sider Host Adapter. I could also use some info on the cable, I
> > didn't get one with either the card or hard disk.
> > TIA,
> > -Paul