A PC floppy cable certainly wouldn't work with the Little Boards I have, since
they use the standard floppy disk cable, which has no twists or cuts.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "ajp166" <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Ampro Little Board questions...
> From: Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
> >belongs with it. Does anyone have a Series 100 box that could give me
> >the measurements and connector orientation & location of the floppy
> >cable?
>
>
> Nothing magic. the last one I had used was from a PC.
>
> >Secondly, I don't know what "brand" SCSI controller is built into the
> >board. The SCSI chip seems to be an NCR 5830, but that leads me nowhere
> >in relation to whether or not it's an Adaptec or other model controller.
> >I need to know the brand because the hd formatting software needs to
> >know it.
>
>
> Your applying PC logic to it. It's is not Adaptec, i'ts just SCSI
> (SCS1 or II) host and the NCR5380 is one of the early and common
> chips used for that.
>
> The brand applies to the "other" board, what is known as a SCSI
> bridge board. Adaptec, Xybec, WD and other made them. You
> need to know what board and what drive to do the formatting. If
> you dont mind hacking Z80 code you can go frm an AMPRO LB
> with SCSI to a smaller SCSI drive (64mb or less, or the rest will
> be unused).
>
> Allison
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Received on Sat Dec 15 2001 - 21:36:17 GMT