Re: Hard drives (Was re: QC)

[dreamer@ods.sol.net]

IM>In article <D44vyq.JGG@eskimo.com>, Erik Kloeppel  <lurch@eskimo.com> wrote:
IM>>macdon@HERCULES.CS.UREGINA.CA (charles macdonald) wrote:
IM>>> In article <3ho84r$n5i@news.iastate.edu>,
IM>>> Robert S. Claney <txa84@isuvax.iastate.edu> wrote:
IM>>> >In general, yes.  I happen to have an internal IBM SCSI drive connected
IM>my
IM>>> >IIgs at home, and it works just fine.
IM>>>
IM>>>   So what you are telling me is that all I need is an Apple ][ SCSI card
IM>and I
IM>>> can connect any external (or internal) SCSI compatible hard drive to even
IM>my
IM>>> lowly old ][e?   Where does one find the SCSI?

You can hook up virtually any SCSI hard drive to a //e provided that
it's not one of those "SCSI HDs on a card for the IBM" types, which
would be a waste of a slot unless you're an electronics wizard.  All you
need is the Apple SCSI card Rev C, Apple Hi-Speed SCSI card, or RAMFast
Rev C card.  The last one is the best.

IM>>the SCSI what?  YOU can get the Apple HI Speed SCSI card for about
IM>>$109 from various mail order places.  Or, see if you can get Sequential
IM>>Systems RamFast Rev C  (I seem to recall the Rev D won't work on the
IM>>IIe) someplace.

Yes, this is true.  Altho some people have managed to get a RAMFast Rev
D card to work just fine on their //e, most people find it an unworkable
combination.  Go Rev C for the //e, Rev D for the //gs.

IM>>You can try Alltech Electronics, Sun Remarketing, Pre-Owned Electronics,
IM>>. Quality Computers...I'm sure I've forgotten some.

Or just buy one off the newsgroup.  They're always being sold.

IM>  That's what I've been trying to get ahold of for the last two months
IM>I will give the proverbial left <you-know-what> for one...(Yes, finding
IM>Apple][ hardware is somewhat difficult in this part of Canada)

Don't pay that much!  Heck, new, I paid $70 for a SCSI Rev C, and that
was 5 years ago.  Just last year I got a hispeed SCSI card for $30.
I've seen RAMFasts go for under $100 (although I always seem to arrive
too late to snap 'em up and it doesn't happen much).  No need to cut off
your jewels - just watch the net!

Glenn


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