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Subject: Re: HELP!!!!
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Date: 5 Apr 88 06:22:39 GMT
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>hooking up a Seagate ST225N drive to an Apple IIgs.  A while back it was stated
>that this was possible, but not much was said about how in the world to do it.
>For instance what controller card do you need... Apple II SCSI? CMS SCSI card?
>What's the price of these cards?   What software will work with a setup like
>this?
>    What about the ST251N (the 40 meg version)?   This one, I am assume will
>work also, but does anyone know for sure?  It's the same type of drive as the
>ST225N so it should, shouldn't it?   What about the 32 meg ProDOS limit?
>Does this apply to ProDOS 16 too?   Is there any software out there that will
>allow you to partion a drive into a number of smaller drives?   For example, a
>20 meg partion and 2 10 meg partitions?   What about 4 or more partitions?
>As far as other operating systems... all I need/want is ProDOS.  Will this
>software work with this particular configuration.
>    Finally, what about the cables?  I read that the SCSI cable has different
>pinouts than the Seagate "N" drives... How difficult is it to make a cable
>to do this conversion?  Is it possible to buy one from some third party?
>Does anyone have the pinout specs on either the SCSI card (Apple's or CMS's)
>or the "N" series drives?
From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60164000)
Path: ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown

The current issue of A+ that I have is the May issue that was mailed a few
days ago. I haven't read the ads thoroughly enough to see if there was an
ad for a particular card, but I know there was in a past issue.

In an issue a few months ago (probably March or April), I saw an ad for
a card that would make IBM HARD DRIVES WORK ON THE APPLE! I remember almost
no specifics, but I believe the card was for under $200. It had the card,
SOFTWARE, and, I believe, cables included.

It was said to work with "ST" drives (like the "ST225N" you speak of) with
up to 64 megabytes [must have partitioning built in].

This really sounds like a good card, and when I get enough money to buy a
hard drive, I will probably seriously consider this option rather than buying
a hard drive specifically for the Apple (too !@#$ much money!!).

Hope it helped...
			-tuu