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From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: pre-Plus SCSI interface solutions
Keywords: SCSI
Message-ID: <1990Jun12.191211.15298@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 12 Jun 90 19:12:11 GMT
References: <1927@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1990Jun10.185710.2581@ipsa.reuter.com>
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In article <1927@bnlux0.bnl.gov>, kneifel@bnlux0.bnl.gov (Charles L.
Kneifel) writes:
> In article <1990Jun10.185710.2581@ipsa.reuter.com>
iduncan@ipsa.reuter.com (Ian Duncan) writes:
> >In the not too distant past one could buy a gizmo that would slip
into a 512E
> >and provide a SCSI port.  This was *the* alternative to upgrading to
the Plus.
> >I'd like to get one.  Dove was one source that I remember, but when I phoned
> >the local Dove distributor they told me Dove no longer sells it.  
> >
> >So, does anyone have such a thing for sale, new or used, or does
anyone know 
> >of a company that still sells one.  If not, does anyone know what
went into it.
> MacAdvance (508) 897-0466 sells two boards for upgrading 512KE macs. 
> The MacGusto I gives you an upgrade to 1 megs plus a scsi port.
> The MacGusto II gives a 2.5 meg upgrade and a scsi port.
> The prices are (I think) 225 for the II and 175 for the I (sans memory).
> 
> I have no connection with MacAdvance,  I have been very satisfied with
> my MacGustoII installed in a (128K -> 512K -> 512KE) Mac.
According to a recent MacWarehouse catalogue, the Dove SCSI board IS still
available for $109: 1-800-255-6227 - but I haven't checked on this.

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu