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    From Mark Wade@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 21 18:45:20 2024
    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.

    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.

    Any ideas?

    -- Mark Wade

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  • From D Finnigan@21:1/5 to Mark Wade on Wed Feb 21 22:20:56 2024
    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.

    --
    ]DF$
    The New Apple II User's Guide:
    https://macgui.com/newa2guide/

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  • From D Finnigan@21:1/5 to Mark Wade on Thu Feb 22 15:50:48 2024
    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/

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  • From Mark Wade@21:1/5 to Mark Wade on Thu Feb 22 16:02:09 2024
    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.

    I was just wondering my options. 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.

    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?


    I guess I'm addled. The card is of course an Apple High Speed SCSI card, not
    an Apple Super Serial Card, which is/was hooked up to a modem all these many years ago.

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  • From Mark Wade@21:1/5 to D Finnigan on Thu Feb 22 15:43:33 2024
    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.

    I was just wondering my options. 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.

    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?

    -- Mark Wade

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  • From Mark Wade@21:1/5 to D Finnigan on Thu Feb 22 16:11:47 2024
    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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  • From D Finnigan@21:1/5 to Mark Wade on Thu Feb 22 16:26:24 2024
    Mark Wade wrote:

    I guess I'm addled. The card is of course an Apple High Speed SCSI card,
    not an Apple Super Serial Card, which is/was hooked up to a modem all
    these many years ago.

    No worries; I realized that's what you must have meant.

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