FWIW,
Not exactly 'classic' but the following doo-hicky might be
a useful mass storage device for an A2GS/A2E
http://dreher.net/CFforAppleII/
I've got one ordered, however, he's not started shipping quite yet.
They're not terribly cheap though (100$)
It is a CF/IDE interface, I wonder how difficult it would be to adapt
it to talk to a IDE Cdrom drive..
David
On Tue, 6 May 2003, TeoZ wrote:
> Mass stroage controllers for any of the old classics (Atari ST, Amiga 500,
> Apple IIgs) are very hard to find and always command a few bucks on ebay. I
> just cant see spending $50 or more for a scsi card for a complete system
> that was $30 shipped with monitor disk drives etc. Guess I will keep
> looking.
>
> LEM has some nice deals if you view the list every day (stuff gets sold
> quick if the price is good).
>
> The nubus uwscsi cards go quick to people with old A/V capture systems that
> need the speed (the reason I want one)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chris" <cb_at_mythtech.net>
> To: "Classic Computer" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Trenton Computer Festival
>
>
> > >10/100 NuBus? Never seen one
> >
> > I'm pretty sure Farallon made one.
> >
> > I've seen people requesting them on the LEM Swap list, but I don't know
> > what kind of a price they get. I would imagine at least $20 or so, if for
> > no other reason than they aren't all that common (unlike 10Mb Nubus cards
> > which can be had for just a few $ each... I think I paid $10 for a box of
> > 12 assorted on ebay about a year ago)
> >
> > >> Apple IIgs scsi cards available there for non ebay prices?
> > >
> > >Sometimes. Kinda rare, though. Best bet is a IIgs that has one
> > >inside that nobody knows what it is.
> >
> > I'm still waiting for one of those as well. <sigh> eventually I'll find
> > one.
> >
> > -chris
> > <http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 14:09:30 BST