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From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: MIO board and imbedded SCSI drives...
Summary: I guess you're right
Message-ID: <2514@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 90 17:05:33 GMT
References: <1872@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
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In article <1872@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
>I got an ICD 1989-1990 product catalog yesterday and I went looking through it
>and it says that the MIO does not support imbedded SCSI drives.  Does this
>mean that a drive such as a Seagate ST157N will not work?  Also, what's the
>status of the T-816 and MIO board playing nice together?
> 
>     // JCA
I have seen the T-816.  It's not that great.

As for the MIO, it's probably the most unpredictable interface ever made
for the 8-bits.  It can work perfectly on one machine, and really flake
out on another.  It's non-support of embedded SCSI drive (such as the
ST157N) is good proof of its poor design.

The Black Box from Computer Software Services is an excellent product.
Not only is it fast and well-designed, but has many extra features.  A
future add-on board will let you hook up generic drive mechs in
PARALLEL!  It has the parallel/serial/HD ports, with the Serial handling
9600 baud perfectly.  It plugs into the parallel bus on the 800xl,
600xl, and 130xe.  It comes with both connectors (unlike the MIO).
The only thing it does NOT have is a Ramdisk.  One other thing:  it lets
you put full boot floppies on your HD!

If you want more info on it, call CSS at (716)586-5545.  It's priced at
around $199.

Chris Freemesser, Rochester Institute of Technology (  THE ACORN BBS
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