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From: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Need help with Apple ][ cards
Message-ID: <1990Feb25.204115.23520@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 90 20:41:15 GMT
References: <10364.apple.net@pro-grouch>
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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In article <10364.apple.net@pro-grouch> tomk@pro-grouch.cts.com (Tom Kelly) writes:
> 6) A CARD I CAN'T IDENTIFY.  I believe it is some kind of drive controller
> It has a cable on it terminated in a DB-37 female connector.
> It also has a EPROM on the board which reads as follows
> 103684 C
> COPYRIGHT
> XEBEC/1986
> I was told it was a 8 in controller but I find it hard to believe that 
> anyone was making them for Apples in 1986.

Sounds to me like a hard disk controller.  I was just looking at one of the
early ads for the Sider hard disks ($695 for 10 megs--remember when they first
came out with that?) that was printed in the November 1985 (!) issue of Nibble.
In the ad, they say the Sider uses the "field-proven, industry standard Xebec
S1410A."  (The ad's on page 23 of the November 1985 issue of Nibble, if you
want to see the original.)  You might want to take a closer look at the card to
see if you can find this model number anywhere.  If you can find it, then start
looking for a 10 meg Sider that someone wants to sell who doesn't have a 
controller (not likely, since the controller was shipped with all Siders).  You
might also want to contact First Class Peripherals (3579 Hwy. 50 East, Carson
City, NV 89701) and see if they could set you up with something, because I 
think it's safe to say that what you have is a hard disk controller.

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