Ampro Little Board questions... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Dec 2001

I only needed one floppy and with the twisted end cut off
it was perfect.

Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher &lt;edick(a)idcomm.com&gt;
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
Date: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: Ampro Little Board questions...

...
 A PC floppy cable certainly wouldn't work with the
Little Boards I have, since
...
 they use the standard floppy disk cable, which has no
twists or cuts.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "ajp166" &lt;ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net&gt;
To: &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt;
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Ampro Little Board questions...

> From: Gene Buckle &lt;geneb(a)deltasoft.com&gt;
> >belongs with it.  Does anyone have a Series 100 box that could give me
...
 > >the measurements and connector orientation
& location of the floppy
> >cable?
>
>
> Nothing magic.  the last one I had used was from a PC.
>
> >Secondly, I don't know what "brand" SCSI controller is built into
the
> >board.  The SCSI chip seems to be an NCR 5830, but that leads me nowhere
...
 > >in relation to whether or not it's an
Adaptec or other model controller.
...
   I need to know the brand because the hd formatting
software needs to
know it. 

 Your applying PC logic to it.  It's is not Adaptec, i'ts just SCSI
 (SCS1 or II) host and the NCR5380 is one of the early and common
 chips used for that.

 The brand applies to the "other" board, what is known as a SCSI
 bridge board. Adaptec, Xybec, WD and other made them.  You
 need to know what board and what drive to do the formatting.  If
 you dont mind hacking Z80 code you can go frm an AMPRO LB
 with SCSI to a smaller SCSI drive (64mb or less, or the rest will
 be unused).

 Allison