23 Jul
2010
23 Jul
'10
2:09 p.m.
On 7/22/10, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
On 7/22/2010 12:48 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Excellent. For an ISA card, it's not that uncommon. I bought one
when they were brand new and really liked it (I think I was upgrading
If I were to take this for a spin, I could
probably come up with an
Adaptec 1542A (guessing it won't work with a 1542C).
1542C was preferred, actually. from a 1542B at the time). The BIOS-accessible
formatter and surface
tester was really, really handy.
-ethan
23 Jul
23 Jul
3:21 p.m.
New subject: Swyft computer
Hi
For those that might be interested, there is a Swyft computer
in ebay. This was the prototype for the Canon Cat.
I know the fellow that is selling it and he was working for
Information Appliances when they were doing the development
of the Cat.
Dwight
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4:44 p.m.
On 7/23/10 10:09 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 7/22/10, Jim Leonard <trixter at
oldskool.org> wrote:
+1...The 1542B/C were both really nice cards. I saved up and bought
one (a 'B') when they were current, I think it cost me something obscene
like $300.
I also rather like the Always IN-2000 host adapter. It was screaming
fast. I used both (not simultaneously ;)) with Maxtor XT-4380 drives,
and a Micropolis drive whose model number escapes me, but it was 5.25"
FH SCSI 150MB. I think it was sort of a SCSI version of their venerable
1355 ESDI drive.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
On 7/22/2010 12:48 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Excellent. For an ISA card, it's not that uncommon. I bought one
when they were brand new and really liked it (I think I was upgrading
from a 1542B at the time). The BIOS-accessible formatter and surface
tester was really, really handy. If I were to take this for a spin, I could
probably come up with an
Adaptec 1542A (guessing it won't work with a 1542C).
1542C was preferred, actually. 
25 Jul
25 Jul
12:23 a.m.
On 23 Jul 2010 at 12:44, Dave McGuire wrote:
+1...The 1542B/C were both really nice cards. I
saved up and bought
one (a 'B') when they were current, I think it cost me something
obscene like $300.
If anyone really needs the old version of the AHA1540A, I've got one--
that's the one that's not populated for the floppy controller. I'll
happily swap for some useful 8-bit ISA card or the other.
--Chuck
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