7 Apr
2007
7 Apr
'07
8:39 p.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
I'm restoring a few more 5150s and realized that,
although my MFM
hardware stores are being depleted, I'm just maggoty with SCSI drives,
from 40MB to 18GB. Can anyone recommend any 8-bit ISA SCSI adapters by
model, name, or whatever I can use to search for them on ebay?
Also, do such 8-bit adapters have an onboard BIOS? It would be great if
I didn't have to boot off of a floppy disk just to access the hard
drive... I have a CorelSCSI card at home, but when I plug it in it
doesn't do anything at POST, and I don't have a driver or software to
test the card anyway :-/
I've been grafting 8 bit ISA cards onto my PCjr using an adapter. Some
of the good SCSI cards that I have played with are:
- Anything in the Future Domain 8xx series. Some have boot problems,
some do not. Avoid the ones that don't have standard pinouts. These
cards have good driver support for removable media and CD-ROM as well.
- Trantor T130B
- Trantor T128
- ST01: Works, but is kind of limited. ST02 should be similar.
Mike