SASI device <-> PC ?

[Lyle Bickley]

On Thursday 30 June 2005 13:03, Mike Loewen wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> > As I said before - DO NOT mix a SASI device with a SCSI device on the
> > same controller - or strange things can happen (don't ask).
>
>     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?

I can't speak for the Apple II SASI - but I do know Alpha Micro's SASI 
controller will work well with many older SCSI drives (but not ALL).  [IIRC, 
I had to jumper parity "off" in the drive.]

I suspect that many of the early SCSI drives made during the transition from 
SASI to SCSI-1 will work O.K. with various SASI controllers.  Give it a try - 
it certainly won't hurt anything (drive or controller) - the SASI/SCSI 
hardware interfaces are reasonably compatible - it's the protocol that either 
works for a given combo. or not.

Lyle
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