SCSI drives & classic systems

From: Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Apr 21 14:59:55 1997

On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Whoo-hoo! A man with a mission! Hey, if you're ever in the EUP of Michigan,
> stop in for a homebrew! As I have T1 at work as well, that's why I like the
> Zip. Do you realize just how *much* stuff for classic computers there is
> out there? I've filled my zip twice with stuff for my CoCo's, my Tandy 200
> & 600 laptops, the Atari 800, and the Atari 1040ST machine I'm getting in a
> month or so. (that should still be old enough for this list... shouldn't it?)

Got most of the Color Computer, 1/3/4, 100 and ST material floating
around, as far as I know. And TI/99.

> I just read on a CoCo newsgroup that someone has successfully interfaced a
> SCSI Zip drive to their CoCo (the stock SCSI boards need modification to
> work with a zip... but it's only a matter of time, now!) Also, I plan on
> getting a SCSI board for my ST, so then the zip will have worked with a
> Mac, 2 PC's, a Sun Netra Solaris box, the ST (when it's ready) and the CoCo
> (if the guy publishes the mods / driver patches.) Cain't do dat with a
> Parallel!

At some point, I will undoubtedly get a SCSI Zip. It hasn't been a
priority _yet_.

> AAMAF, a lot of these SCSI technologies available now have the ability to
> breath new life into these older machines... as there is now an IDE
> interface available for the CoCo as well! If anyone's interested in this,
> send me an e-mail and I'll get you more info.

Gimme the info.

> BTW, what Tandy Xenix box do you have? Been wanting a 16b or a 6000... but
> can't find those very easily up here in the boonies!

6000 HD. Cost me a dollar at last years Trenton Computer Festival. I
had to replace the hard drive. Just _happened_ to have an unused 40MB
MFM drive for some reason.
Received on Mon Apr 21 1997 - 14:59:55 BST