Re: Ohio Kache Systems card

[Robert Presswood <rpressw@ix.netcom.com>]

Jeff Billman wrote:

> I have just gotten an Apple//e with an unknown card in it.  The card has
> Ohio Kache systems printed on it.  There is a ribbon cable that goes to
> the back of the system and ends in a DB-25. I think but it could be a
> DB-19 I didn't take the time to count the pins.
>
> Anyone know anything about this company and their hardware?
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Billman
> jbillman@mindspring.com

It sounds like the cached interface which they developed for use with a
very popular hard drive package for Apple II+/IIe.  I can't remember the
name of the company which put the hard drive package together, but I seem
to recall that it was based on an Xebec SASI controller.  I wouldn't bet
the farm on this, though.  The package was available with 10 and 20 meg
drives, and came with its own interface to the Apple bus.  The Ohio Kache
Systems (OKS) interface, with its caching, gave improved performance
compared to the interface included with the hard drive.  I have no idea
whether OKS is still in business.