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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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On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 1:45:23 PM UTC-5, 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.

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

Sorry, I meant to say: "I have an SATA HD card I purchased some years ago installed in slot 7 of a IIgs"
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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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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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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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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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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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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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