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From: bpvh@primenet.com (Bradley P. Von Haden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: RE: IIGS Harddrive
Date: 24 Mar 1996 19:46:02 -0700
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randco@localnet.com (Cole) wrote:
>I was just wondering how hard it is to find/install the hardware
>needed to install a hard drive in/ connect to my IIGS.
Assuming someone tells you where to find the hw, that should not be
much of a problem.:)
Adding a hard drive is not much of a problem either. All that is
required is inserting an interface card, possibly connecting a cable
or two and changing a slot setting in the Control Panel Desk
Accessory.
The most versatile and most common hard drive set-up is an internal
SCSI interface card and an external SCSI drive. Hard drives, cd-rom
drives, removable media (SyQuest, Iomega), flopticals, and scanners
all can be added to the SCSI chain. Insert the card in a slot,
connect a cable or two, and change a slot setting.
The preferred SCSI card here on c.s.a2 is the RamFAST Rev. D SCSI
card from Sequential Systems. The next best card is the Apple
Hi-Speed SCSI card.
Here are some RamFAST notes:
- still being produced and supported by Sequential Systems
- faster than Apple Hi-Speed, especially in ProDOS
- provides termination power to the SCSI chain
- allows partitions to be mapped in ProDOS
- device drivers come on the card in the upgradeable ROM chip
(3.01f)
- allows up to 8 devices to be added to the chain
- allows up to 12 partitions to be active at any one time
(switchable)
- allows up to 12 partitions per drive
- only one device, the last physical device on the SCSI chain,
can be terminated
- about $130 new
Here are some Apple High Speed notes:
- no longer produced or supported by Apple
- does not provide termination power to the SCSI chain (can be
modified to provide termination power)
- does not allow partitions to be mapped in ProDOS
- device drivers are software
- allows up to 7 devices to be added to the chain
- allows over 100 partitions to be active at any one time
- allows up to 20 (?) partitions per drive
- only one device, the last physical device on the SCSI chain,
can be terminated
- about $110 new (if still available)
For the hard drive itself, look for a SCSI drive in an external
enclosure. Just pick up a Mac magazine. Look for the following
features:
- 30 day money-back guarantee
- external SCSI ID switching
- dual 50 pin SCSI connectors
- no or switchable termination (use an external terminator at
end of SCSI chain)
- active or switchable termination power is a plus, especially
for Apple High Speed SCSI card users [Termination and
termination power are different. Both need to be present in
the correct quantity for the SCSI chain to operate in the
proper manner.]
If you have an IDE drive lying around, it can be used with the Turbo
IDE card from SHH Systeme (about $120). The card is not as flexible
as a SCSI card, but if all that is wanted is a hard drive, then this
is a good option; especially if the drive is available for little or
no money.
The simplest hard drive to install is the FOCUS hard drive on an
interface card available from Alltech in varying sizes (20mb/$99,
80mb/$129, 170mb/$199, and possibly others). The card comes
plug-n-play: just insert in a slot and change a slot setting. The
drive is already formatted. If all that is wanted is a hard drive,
and no other devices are going to be added, this is an economical
choice.
Here are a few A2 mail order resources. Steve Cavanaugh maintains a
comprehensive list that I think is available on line:
II. Hardware
A. Retail
Quality Computers
- IIgs computers, peripherals, and accessories
Sales: 800-890-8263
Tech : 810-774-7740
Fax : 810-774-2698
EMail: quality@genie.geis.com
AOL : QualityCom
CS : 73477,3364
GEnie: QUALITY
BBS : 810-774-2652
GEnieA2RT: Cat 42
- see also Hardware Developer, Software Retailer,
Software Developer and Magazine
Other World Computing (formerly LRO)
- IIgs peripherials and accessories
Sales: 800-275-4576
Tech : 815-338-8746
Fax : 815-338-4332
Intl : 815-338-8658
Illinois: 815-338-8685
- see also Software Retailer
Alltech
- IIgs computers, peripherals, and accessories
Sales: 619-724-2404
Tech : 619-724-2404
Fax : 619-724-8808
BBS : 619-724-4660 (FutureNet #30, 300-14.4, v32
GEnieA2RT: Cat 46, topics 1-7
- see also Hardware Used and Hardware Developer
Memory Plus Distributors, Inc
- II peripherals, parts, and accessories
Phone: 602-820-8819
Fax : 602-968-3211
- see also Software Retailer
Charlie's Appleseeds
- hard drives
Phone: 619-566-1297 (after __ Pac)
Email:
GEnie: A2.Chuck
- see also Software Retailer
B. Used
ARC (Apple Resource Center)
- parts/repair?, catalog
Sales: 800-753-0114
Phone: 209-832-4300
FAX : 209-832-3270
A+ Technologies [(Mr.) Tracy A. Cook]
- II computers, periperals and accessories
Sales: 800-2APPLE2
FAX : 510-458-2255
AOL : apluscomp
CS : 75624,2402
GEnie: t.cook17
Pre-Owned Electronics
- II computers, peripherals and accessories
Sales: 800-274-5343
Intl : 617-275-4600
FAX : 617-275-4848
Shreve Systems
- II computers, peripherals, parts and accessories
Sales: 800-227-3971
Tech : 318-424-7987
Fax : 318-424-9771
Purchasing (Shreve buys from you): 318-424-9791
Sun Remarketing
- II computers, peripherals, parts, manuals and accessories
Sales: 800-821-3221
Tech : 800-992-7631 (under warranty)
Tech : 900-786-7782 (non-warranty consultant)
Fax : 801-755-3311
C. Developers
Sequential Systems
- RAMFAST SCSI cards, Sequential Memory cards, Qprint parallel cards
Phone: 800-759-4549
Phone: 303-666-4549
GEnieA2RT: Cat 20
- see also Software Developer
///SHH Systeme
- IIgs peripheral cards for IDE hard drives and PC floppy drives
Email: JLANGE@tasha.muc.de
GEnie: J.LANGE7 (?)
GEnieA2RT: Cat 45, topics 10-12
Mail:
///SHH Systeme
Dipl. Ing. Joachim Lange
Bergstrasse 95
82131 Stockdorf
Germany
Tulin Technology
- SCSI drives (hard, floptical, removables, CD-ROM etc)
Phone: 408-432-9057
Fax : 408-943-0782
- see also Software Developer