SASI device <-> PC ?

[Mike Loewen]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> On 6/30/05, Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us> wrote:
>>     I have a SASI controller for an Apple II Sider hard drive, and have
>> found clues on the web that say older SCSI drives like the Seagate ST-225N
>> should work with it.  Does that sound reasonable?  What other make/model
>> SCSI drives would be likely to work?
>
> Hmm... interesting... an ST225N might be something to try with the
> D90x0, but one important question... does your Sider use 512-byte
> blocks or 256-byte blocks?  I've reformatted odd-sized blocks (528?)
> to 512, but never to 256 bytes... was there a way of doing that back
> in the old days? (I was playing with DEC hardware and kinda missed out
> on hanging early hard drives on 8-bit micros)

    Good question: I don't have the Sider drive itself, just the 
controller.  Back in the 8-bit days I couldn't afford a hard drive, so I 
never had the chance to play with one on an 8-bit machine.


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