Ampro Little Board questions...

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Sat Dec 15 22:19:47 2001

I only needed one floppy and with the twisted end cut off
it was perfect.

Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: Ampro Little Board questions...


>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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