Re: chinook ct-40 is this //c version?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

brad wrote:
> got a ct-40 chinnook external hd off ebay..is this the one
> that would work on a //c? it has the standard looks like
> D connector on the back..and looks like standard 40mb scsi inside at end of
> internal cable (quantium 40mb scsi)
>
> was gonna look it over but figured i'd better ask ..maybe software for .//c
> to do this is on the drive
>
> anyway i never really did figure out how they did this but it prob is not
> this version from the look inside

If it doesn't have a pretty sizeable circuit board inside apart
from the hard drive, then it's not the one.

> anyway...thats what i have
>
> model CT-40 chinook
>
> anyway....if this is not the beast...what is the number on the chinook drive
> that does work on a //c and what am i looking for software install disk or
> whatever for such a unit.(scsi non scsi)

I thought that the //c hard drives "just worked" as smartport
block devices.  ProDOS should work with them out of the box,
like with SCSI.

-michael

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