Re: Miniscribe SCSI-1 drive question.

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

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In article <JLG%4.103140$55.797229@news1.sttls1.wa.home.com>, "Ernest"
<ernestls@home.com> wrote:


>I found a MiniScribe 8425SA SCSI-1 20 meg hard drive, with a little Apple 20
>sticker on the side. Does anyone know if my HS SCSI card will support it? I
>hooked it up but my set up utilities won't recognize it.
>
>Also, does anyone know what this HD was used with -i.e., a MAC, or a IIgs,
>etc.?
>
>Ernest

Well I still have a MiniScribe 8425S (not SA). I used to use it with my IIe,
and later IIgs, with an Apple HS SCSI card. It worked fine for several years
until I accidentally cooked it, these old drives use a lot of power and get
quite warm. If you put one in a case with a power supply they definitely
need a fan too! Mine didn't have the sticker, but the replacement I got (and
still use, a nice low power 40MB) has an Apple 40 sticker on it. It was
pulled from a Mac LC.

My MiniScribe has a date stamped on it of 15 Feb 1988, so your's is probably
fairly old too. But it should work, unless its worn out or not set up right.
How is it terminated? Mine still has the internal drive termination
resistors so I didn't need any other terminaters as it was the only device
on the SCSI chain.

p.s. I got mine from the local Apple dealer about 8 years ago, I went in to
buy a 3.5 floppy drive for my IIe and ended up getting a hard drive. The
20MB hard drive in an external case with power supply, plus the Apple SCSI
card, worked out cheaper than an Apple 800KB UniDisk drive with controller!


Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws
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