tomk@pro-grouch.cts.com (Tom Kelly) (02/25/90)
I bought several Apple cards today. Some I can figure out while others are a mystery. The following is a list of what I have. 1) Franklin Computer Ace 80. I suspect it is a CP/M card. It has 8 4116's, a Z80B CPU, and a Z80B CTC. M&R ENTERPRISES SUP'R'TERMINAL I believe it is a 80 column card. It has 6 2114 chips and a HD46505 chip. 3) APPLE COMPUTER INC. ROM CARD How do I use it? 4) RANA SYSTEMS ASSY. 29-0020 FOUR DRIVE CONTROLLER CARD. How does one use it? I can't get it to work. Does it need special disk? 5) MICROSCI DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER 6) A CARD I CAN'T IDENTIFY. I believe it is some kind of drive controller It has a cable on it terminated in a DB-37 female connector. It also has a EPROM on the board which reads as follows 103684 C COPYRIGHT XEBEC/1986 I was told it was a 8 in controller but I find it hard to believe that anyone was making them for Apples in 1986. If anyone has any info or docs on this stuff please drop me some E-Mail. Thanks. UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!tomk ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!tomk@nosc.mil
cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter) (02/26/90)
In article <10364.apple.net@pro-grouch> tomk@pro-grouch.cts.com (Tom Kelly) writes: > 6) A CARD I CAN'T IDENTIFY. I believe it is some kind of drive controller > It has a cable on it terminated in a DB-37 female connector. > It also has a EPROM on the board which reads as follows > 103684 C > COPYRIGHT > XEBEC/1986 > I was told it was a 8 in controller but I find it hard to believe that > anyone was making them for Apples in 1986. Sounds to me like a hard disk controller. I was just looking at one of the early ads for the Sider hard disks ($695 for 10 megs--remember when they first came out with that?) that was printed in the November 1985 (!) issue of Nibble. In the ad, they say the Sider uses the "field-proven, industry standard Xebec S1410A." (The ad's on page 23 of the November 1985 issue of Nibble, if you want to see the original.) You might want to take a closer look at the card to see if you can find this model number anywhere. If you can find it, then start looking for a 10 meg Sider that someone wants to sell who doesn't have a controller (not likely, since the controller was shipped with all Siders). You might also want to contact First Class Peripherals (3579 Hwy. 50 East, Carson City, NV 89701) and see if they could set you up with something, because I think it's safe to say that what you have is a hard disk controller. Scott Alfter------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu _/_ Apple II: the power to be your best! alfter@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/ v \ saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ( ( A keyboard--how quaint! Bitnet: free0066@uiucvmd.bitnet \_^_/ --M. Scott, STIV
greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender) (02/27/90)
In article <10364.apple.net@pro-grouch> tomk@pro-grouch.cts.com (Tom Kelly) writes: > > I bought several Apple cards today. Some I can figure out while others > are a mystery. The following is a list of what I have. > 1) Franklin Computer Ace 80. > I suspect it is a CP/M card. It has 8 4116's, a Z80B CPU, and a Z80B CTC. > M&R ENTERPRISES SUP'R'TERMINAL > I believe it is a 80 column card. It has 6 2114 chips and a HD46505 chip. > 3) APPLE COMPUTER INC. ROM CARD > How do I use it? > 4) RANA SYSTEMS ASSY. 29-0020 FOUR DRIVE CONTROLLER CARD. > How does one use it? I can't get it to work. Does it need special disk? I believe the RANA drives are double density, double sided drives that store a healthy amount per disk. I don't know if a prodos driver is available for RANA drives, but a dos 3.3 one is. If my memory is right (read that double-check first) standard apple drives should be compatible with this card. To use the double-density feature requires RANA drives, and a preboot disk. --- Michael J Pender Jr Box 1942 c/o W.P.I. W.O.S. is not dead. greyelf@wpi.bitnet 100 Institute Rd. ...its time to get started, greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester, Ma 01609 there is much to be done. If my next computer isn't a IIgs, it won't be an apple... Me.