From: phantomm@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Jo Even Skarstein"  wrote in message   
   news:h1v4ip$78o$2@orkan.itea.ntnu.no...   
   > phantomm  wrote:   
   >   
   >> > If I still had a Stacy I would upgrade it to 4Mb, add an IDE interface   
   >> > and replace the HD with a CF-card. Then I would leave it alone :-)   
   >   
   >> What type of IDE interface? Where can I get one? 8-)   
   >   
   > Nowadays I think you have to build one yourself... Another option would   
   > be a SatanDisk connected to the internal ACSI-connector. Then you can   
   > get rid of the ancient SCSI-disk and the SCSI interface.   
   >   
   > You can also replace the EL backlight with a reflective sheet and some   
   > LEDs. If you do this you get rid of the two major power consumers in   
   > the Stacy - the disk and the backlight. Fitting a battery might make   
   > sense now :-)   
   >   
   >> Did yours have a Bus Connector?   
   >   
   > I don't know, I don't own a Stacy anymore. I had three, sold two and   
   > broke one :-/   
   >   
   >> My board has a place for one, is it as easy as soldering in the Bus   
   >> connector or are   
   >> there more componets that would need installing?   
   >   
   > I have no idea, but if it's the same as the Mega ST bus then there are   
   > some buffers involved.   
   >   
   > What do you want to connect to this bus?   
      
   It will depend on what will work with it. There is a door on the side of the   
   STacy, and holes for   
   the connector on the MB. They must have had something in mind and dropped it   
   for what ever   
   reason. Probably due to lack of power with the battery.   
   Thought I would explore the possibilities while I have it apart and doing   
   the CPU upgrade   
   and etc.   
   I have paper info,  that shows the Bus Port connected. The article describes   
   it as a "special bus port" with the same connections as the internal Mega   
   Bus port; the pinouts   
   are different from the Mega plug, but electrically, it's the same.   
      
   I would think any thing that works on the Mega ST Bus would work on the   
   STacy if  the pins   
   are wired right.   Why would they have the pins different?   
      
      
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