On Nov 15, 8:33, Ernest wrote:
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Pete Turnbull
>
> > What would it look like? I assume it would have a ribbon
> > connector between
> > the Apple card and the Sider. Do you know how many pins? I don't
think
> > the card I have is what you want, but you never know...
>
> It has a Xebec label on the card, and a wide rainbow ribbon cable comming
> directly off the tail end of the card.
Yeah, but how wide is "wide"?
The card I have seems not to be what's required. It's intended to connect
to a Xebec card all right, but the connector is only 26-way. Thanks to
Dick Erlacher who mailed me with the details, I know the Sider needs rather
more wires (all 50, probably).
My card was made by HAL Computers Ltd in 1983, labelled "APPLE 2/3 XEBEC
INTERFACE REV 1", and the only strings I can find in the EPROM are "(C) HAL
COMPUTERS LTD 1983 A/XHAL SHARED RESOURCE WINCHESTER SYSTEM", "NOT
CONNECTED", and "SRS ERROR". If anybody knows any more about this, I'd be
interested to hear about it, otherwise it will languish in my box of odd
cards for a day when I'm particularly bored and decide to try it out (yes,
I have a spare Xebec controller and ST412 drives).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Thu Nov 15 2001 - 13:05:06 GMT