16 Oct
2003
16 Oct
'03
10:55 a.m.
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Geoff Reed wrote:
dug up an apple II that has a Xebec apple II
controller init, is this a
SCSI controller? or is it a SASI host interface that's gonna need an
external SASI<->ST506 controller on it?
That's a SASI interface and unlikely to work with any actual SCSI-1
device. As you guessed, they were intended to interface with early-80s
vintage "bridge" controllers like the Adaptec ACB4xxx and 5xxx series.
Xebec actually made a SASI hard-drive for the early Sider subsystems, BTW.
Steve