Re: CMS SCSI II Question

["roughana" <andrew.roughan@writeme.com>]

On Feb 4, 3:45 am, "CC Rider" <alask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a CMS SCSI II card but no manual or utility/install disk.  Any
> idea where I can find information about how to complete an
> installation?

Have you tried searching google groups for information?

Here's some info from an older post of mine:
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The CMS SCSI card has three ROM revisions.

The 1987 ROM uses jumpers on the card to define the partitions on the
drive.
These partitions cannot be greater than 32MB and only two partitions
are
supported. The manual should be considered a MUST HAVE.

The 1989 ROM is similar to the 1987 ROM in functionality, but it has
an
annoying habit of shutting down the drive after a period of
inactivity. It
needs an access attempt to start it up again, but this access will
return a
failure error code (ok when you can redo the action but not too good
otherwise :). A plus in its favour is that the jumper settings are
available
from the utility software. Because of this, the manual is not a
necessity.

The 1990 ROM gets around the problem of jumper based partitions by
assuming
that each partition on the drive will be 32MB (or as much as is left
less
than 32MB). This ROM will therefore support > 60MB of storage on
multiple
drives. The drawback is that only two partitions can be accessed at a
time. The ROM supports switching them in and out at boot time (hold
down
the Open Apple key). The jumper settings are once again available in
the
utility software.

For the sake of compatibility with the Apple Partition Map,  (do you
wish to
use the same drive on a RamFAST or Apple SCSI card? or on a
Macintosh?) the
CMS SCSI card should not be considered.

However if you just wish to plug 60MB onto an Apple //e and have it
sit
there, then the CMS card maybe just what you need.

The CMS SCSI card has one advantage over the RamFAST and Apple SCSI
cards.
It can be used to share a hard drive between computers. I have two
1989 ROM
cards (in an Apple //e and a //gs) sharing a 60MB drive with a
second //gs
which has a 1990 ROM card (for more details, email me).
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(Note to the FAQ maintainer: the above infor should really go into the
SCSI FAQ)

The software for all three ROMs was uploaded to the 'ground' archive
by myself in 2003.
Unfortunately this does not seem to be online at the same place.
Try looking for a mirror.

The first thing you will need to know though is what date ROM is in
your CMS card.
You should find this on a sticker on the ROM.

Regards,
Andrew