Hydra Systems : Mac on ISA card ??

[Bernd Kopriva]

Hi Chandra,
thanks for that information, i will try to contact Tom ...
... as i'm not really in the "Mac business", is the specific MacWorld issue
available online ?

Thanks Bernd

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:47:22 -0400, Chandra Bajpai wrote:

>This is definitely a Mac-compatible (hardware-wise) on a PC ISA card.  I
>remember when Hydra Systems out of Silicon Valley (San Jose I think)
>introduced the product back in 1991.  All you needed to do was to add some
>Mac 128K ROMS (ala Atari MagicSac) and you could make your PC run Mac
>software.  Tom Owad would be a great source of info...he's been interested
>in Mac Compatibles for a long time...I gave him my Akkord Mac compatible.
>(which is probably something I'll regret)
>
>If you find a MacWorld with the NuTek Mac compatible article on the front
>cover, you should find a reference to the Hydra board in it.
>
>-Chandra
>
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>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of Chris M
>Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:33 AM
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>Subject: Re: Hydra Systems : Mac on ISA card ??
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> Doubt it's any sort of Mac on a card, though it does
>appear to be a reasonably complete 68K based system.
>Got any pics? Can't help with the drivers. There was a
>Circuit Cellar article (BYTE) probably in the late
>80's that described a project based on a 68020 IIRC.
>It may have been a graphics board though - for an IBM
>PC. 
>
>--- Bernd Kopriva <bernd at kopriva.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> i got an ISA card, that includes a MC68000-16, 4 ATT
>> 3030-100 chips, 4 MByte Ram and
>> connectors labeled SCSI and Floppy Drive/Floppy
>> Controller ...
>> ... it was manufactured 1990/91 by Hydra Systems.
>> Google revealed, that this could be
>> a "Andor One"/"Hydra One". Does anyone have some
>> more information, and maybe the
>> software required to operate that card ?
>> 
>> Thanks alot
>> Bernd
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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