Trenton Computer Festival

From: TeoZ <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Tue May 6 14:41:36 2003

I seen that before, $100 is alot more then $50. I want the scsi card because
I already have a syquest 44 5.25 removable "harddrive" that would be perfect
for that system. SCSI is alot more flexible then having a HD or flash card
on a card system.


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Holland" <dholland_at_woh.rr.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Trenton Computer Festival


> 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 - 14:41:36 BST

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