Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: SATA drive card Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:50:48 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:50:48 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f9a0252b7d13d74f182df48197b227ee"; logging-data="4156408"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HeaGSPYP5/cKIIGvEc1YZ" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:ctx9jpLiprRGvAnPkkVXZxLD3HQ= In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:48876 Mark Wade wrote: > D Finnigan wrote: >> Mark Wade wrote: >>> I have a card I purchased some years ago installed in slot 7 of a IIgs. >>> I >>> don't remember its provenance or name but was wondering if anyone >>> remembers >>> just what it is and if it will work in a //e. >> >> If it will work in a IIe: more likely yes than no. >> >>> >>> The SCSI drive hooked to a Super Serial card in my //e seems to have >>> failed >>> (SCSI boot error), not the first time or drive. I've ordered a used 160 >>> MB >>> IBM HD from eBay, hopefully I can get that working. I'd rather leave >>> the >>> SATA drive in the IIgs but if I need to I was wondering if it's an >>> option >>> for the //e. >>> >> >> Are you referring to a SCSI card in your IIe that failed? If you want to >> continue using SCSI devices, you could upgrade to a solid state SCSI disk >> emulator such as a SCSI2SD. >> > > The card,Apple Super Serial Card, seems okay. I think the drive has > failed. > I have a doohickey attached, an APC SCSI Sentry, and it seems the card is > communicating with the drive. I'm hoping the drive I ordered, due > Saturday, > will work out. Interesting. I'd never heard of the SCSI Sentry device before. It's a special terminator. > > I was just wondering my options. > There are enough options these days. :-) > The SATA drive/card is in a spare IIgs and > formatted and software installed for that machine and I'd like to leave it > that way but if it will work in a //e and can be formatted with the > utilities I have that would be an option. There's a good chance that the drive and card would work in the Apple IIe. You would just need to put ProDOS 8 on it for the Apple IIe, instead of GS/OS. > > SCSI2SD I've looked at briefly some time ago when I heard of it. I thought > they were in short supply due to chip shortages or do I have that all > wrong? That may have been the case, but there are now a few clones and work-alikes, such as BlueSCSI and ZuluSCSI. Check them out. -- ]DF$ The New Apple II User's Guide: https://macgui.com/newa2guide/