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From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Orphaned Tecmar Macdrive
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Date: Tue, 4-Aug-87 13:53:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  4 13:53:30 1987
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In article <866@mipos3.UUCP> bfalk@mipos3.UUCP (Bill Falk ~) writes:
>
>     I am in the unfortunate situation of the mac world passing me by...
>Several years ago, I purchased one of the original hard disks for the
>Mac, a 10MB Tecmar Macdrive (non-SCSI).  It has been loyal and dependable,
>but bombs on the latest version of Finder/System.  Since Tecmar is now
>defunct, I have a few questions for the net:
>
> ....
>  3) I read a long time ago on the net that someone thought that the
>     Macdrive contained SCSI internally and was attempting to make it
>     Apple SCSI compatible.  Any success?
>  4) Any other Tecmar owners interested in forming an orphaned disk
>     group to help each other out?
>
>-- 
>Bill Falk, Coprocessor Design, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, California
>uucp:{hplabs|decwrl|amdcad|qantel|pur-ee|scgvaxd|oliveb}!intelca!mipos3!bfalk
>csnet/arpanet: bfalk@mipos3.intel.com   bfalk@mipos3.UUCP (Bill Falk ~)

3.  Yep, that's me.  I've been so busy with work that I have not even taken
the cable over to the instrument shop to get the connectors installed.  
Hopefully it'll get done soon.
4.  Sure!  Tecmar is still in business and close enough to work that I
might go bang on some folks there.  The founders are good friends/former
students/once-upon-a-time summer secretary ....

The cursory visual inspection of the unit DOES indicate an SCSI interface.
The controller board in my unit (10 Meg fixed, 5 Meg removable) is a
well-known (forgotten for the moment) commerical product (non-Tecmar), but
has a PROM that determines its characteristics.  I'll try to keep all
interested parties informed once I get going on it again.

Rob Lake
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