Re: CMS External Hard Drive

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richk01@aol.com (Richk01) wrote:

>I've aquired a CMS external SCSI HD that I want to connect to my IIgs, but I
>have a few questions. 1.) Can I connect it to any SCSI card or does it have to
>be a CMS card?

It can be any SCSI card.  In fact, it'll work much better with an
Apple II High Speed SCSI Card or even a RamFAST.

>2.) What kind of cable does it take? is it a straight through
>DB25 (Male) on both ends?

Depends on the connector on the CMS drive.  If it is a standard
Centronics-50 connector, then you'd want a DB25 to Cen-50
SCSI cable.  If it is a DB25 connector, then you'd want a DB25
at both ends cable.

>3.) What software can I use to format and partition
>the drive?  where can I get it?

Depends on the SCSI card.

You can get the software for all three SCSI cards from
the AOL Apple II Forum.  Use the following keyword
to get there:

aol://4344:1264.a2main.10029531.514525857

Use the keyword button/command and clip and paste
to above keyword into the resulting dialog box.  Don't
just put it into the URL bar.

>4.) There are 8 dip switches on the back of
>the CMS case, what are they for? I assume to set ID but I don't know the
>combinations.

You'll probably need to figure them out by trial and error.