From: dog_cow@macgui.com   
      
   Mark Wade wrote:   
   > D Finnigan wrote:   
   >> Mark Wade wrote:   
   >>> I have a card I purchased some years ago installed in slot 7 of a IIgs.   
   >>> I   
   >>> don't remember its provenance or name but was wondering if anyone   
   >>> remembers   
   >>> just what it is and if it will work in a //e.   
   >>   
   >> If it will work in a IIe: more likely yes than no.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> The SCSI drive hooked to a Super Serial card in my //e seems to have   
   >>> failed   
   >>> (SCSI boot error), not the first time or drive. I've ordered a used 160   
   >>> MB   
   >>> IBM HD from eBay, hopefully I can get that working.  I'd rather leave   
   >>> the   
   >>> SATA drive in the IIgs but if I need to I was wondering if it's an   
   >>> option   
   >>> for the //e.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Are you referring to a SCSI card in your IIe that failed? If you want to   
   >> continue using SCSI devices, you could upgrade to a solid state SCSI disk   
   >> emulator such as a SCSI2SD.   
   >>   
   >   
   > The card,Apple Super Serial Card, seems okay. I think the drive has   
   > failed.   
   > I have a doohickey attached, an APC SCSI Sentry, and it seems the card is   
   > communicating with the drive. I'm hoping the drive I ordered, due   
   > Saturday,   
   > will work out.   
      
   Interesting. I'd never heard of the SCSI Sentry device before. It's a   
   special terminator.   
      
   >   
   > I was just wondering my options.   
   >   
      
   There are enough options these days. :-)   
      
      
   > The SATA drive/card is in a spare IIgs and   
   > formatted and software installed for that machine and I'd like to leave it   
   > that way but if it will work in a //e and can be formatted with the   
   > utilities I have that would be an option.   
      
   There's a good chance that the drive and card would work in the Apple IIe.   
   You would just need to put ProDOS 8 on it for the Apple IIe, instead of   
   GS/OS.   
      
   >   
   > SCSI2SD I've looked at briefly some time ago when I heard of it. I thought   
   > they were in short supply due to chip shortages or do I have that all   
   > wrong?   
      
   That may have been the case, but there are now a few clones and work-alikes,   
   such as BlueSCSI and ZuluSCSI. Check them out.   
      
      
      
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