SASI vs. SCSI

[jim stephens]

Gateway Electronics in San Diego had some about 6 months or a year ago
and have had them forever (sasi adapters for pc-jr's).  I think they had
some
others as well.  I don't recall any software in evidence, and I don't know
if
it was standard to include that on a floppy, or if it was in the adapter in
a rom.

The RIM rings a bell.  You might call them and see if they have any left, as

there were several there when i was browsing last.  we may go down for
a weekend, and I'll try to remember to look.  Please email me offlist so
I can find your address if you are interested, as it will be several weeks
before such a trip.  Also there are junk shops in El Cajon calling for me
to check them...

Jim

"Michael B. Brutman" wrote:

> I almost hate to ask the obvious, but does something have specifications
> for the SASI protocol?  That would go a long way to answering some of
> the questions.
>
> There was a SASI adapter for a PCjr that went in the modem slot from a
> company called RIM.  It had a bridge board that connected it to a
> Seagate MFM drive.  The chipset name escapes me at the moment, but I
> thought it was either NCR or Zilog doing second source for NCR.  It
> smells awfully like SCSI.
>
> (I don't have the beast - I've just seen pictures of it.  But I'd love
> to know what makes it tick.)
>
> Mike