Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!MTUS5.BITNET!JCKASPER From: JCKASPER@MTUS5.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: BITNET mail follows Message-ID: <8803280423.aa11338@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: 28 Mar 88 09:13:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 32 Date: Mon, 28 Mar 88 04:09:02 EST From: "John C. Kasperski" Subject: PC Hard Disk on GS... To: "Anyone that can help..." I remember reading sometime ago about someone who had hooked up a SeaGate ST225N hard drive directly to the Apple IIxx (I think it was a GS, but I don't remember off hand.) Could someone please fill me in on exactly how to did this. I seem to remember the person saying that they used the CMS controller card, is this right? How much is this ST225N hard drive? What about the ST251N (the 40 meg version, I believe)? Will this work, and if so how much does it cost? How exactly did they do this??? A couple of days ago I got a got a flyer from PERLIN Electronics concerning the MegaBoard hard disk controller that they sell (I had sent them a letter asking for more info.) For those who don't know what the MegaBoard is, it allows you to use PC hard drives on your Apple computer. The card costs a pretty penny, $200 with shipping, but considering that a you can get a 20 meg PC hard disk for over $300 less than the Sider 20 meg it might be worth it. The flyer that I got listed a few systems that they had, the least expensize being a Lapine LT-200 20 meg hard drive system for $500.00. Has anybody heard anything about this hard drive controller? Does anyone have one? Com'on those of you in Europe, they claim (in the flyer) that Apple users in Europe have used their card "enthusiastically" for over 2 and half years now? Someone must have heard something? How well will this card hold up? John C. Kasperski, "Jc" JCKASPER @ MTUS5 Michigan Technological University