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Re: SATA drive card

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D Finnigan wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks much. I don't get much time with it but I really like that I have
working IIgs, //e and Iic with accessories. Disk ][ drives clicking and
whirring, lights blinking are cool but the //e is more fun with a HD
attached also.

-- Mark Wade

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