jeffn@nuchat.UUCP (Jeff Noxon) (02/13/90)
I have a Maxtor XT-1140 drive which I plan on converting to SCSI with an Adaptec 4000A card. This drive needs to be shared between two systems, an Apple II+ and my Apple IIgs at the -SAME TIME-. Both computers will have their own partitions and will leave the others alone. It's a 140 meg drive, so there is plenty of room for this. CAN IT BE DONE? I called Ohio Kache systems and they told me the Apple SCSI card will hang the bus if I tried it. I called AMR and they said their card was semi- compatable and supports only 64 megs. I don't even want to consider a CMS 'proprietary interface' card. Is there a fix for the Apple REV C rom to fix the problem with drive sharing? Is there some other approach I could take (one that doesn't involve AppleTalk and a Mac) to share a SCSI or ST-506 drive on 2 computers? Thanks in advance Jeff -- -- jeffn@nuchat.sccsi.com | IF YOU ARE ON .EDU, PLEASE USE THE ADDRESS BELOW: jeffn@nuchat.uucp | ...uunet!nuchat!jeffn | jeffn%nuchat.uucp@uhvax1.uh.edu
cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (02/13/90)
JeffN: do you read your mail? I would really like to buy your Sider!!! mail me at: rubio-1@uiuc.edu -- or -- cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu If you can't reach me there, post or something! Please! -- rubio
jeffn@nuchat.UUCP (Jeff Noxon) (02/15/90)
In article <15800071@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >JeffN: do you read your mail? >I would really like to buy your Sider!!! >If you can't reach me there, post or something! Please! Yep, I do read my mail. I have had some 50 messages to date on that Sider. I have replied to all of them as far as I know (and yours twice) however texbell (telelphone) has been an unreliable net connection in the past week. I apologize if mail is taking a longer time to get through that it should. Please -- No more offers on the Sider! (!!) Also sold: The 3.5 Drive and the Corvus equipment. Still for Sale: Apple II+ ProClock Apple Super Serial w/ GBBS Modem Cable NEC Monitor Jeff -- -- jeffn@nuchat.sccsi.com | IF YOU ARE ON .EDU, PLEASE USE THE ADDRESS BELOW: jeffn@nuchat.uucp | ...uunet!nuchat!jeffn | jeffn%nuchat.uucp@uhvax1.uh.edu
matthew@sunpix.East.Sun.COM ( Sun Visualization Products) (02/17/90)
In article <19505@nuchat.UUCP> jeffn@nuchat.UUCP (Jeff Noxon) writes: }I have a Maxtor XT-1140 drive which I plan on converting to SCSI with an }Adaptec 4000A card. } }This drive needs to be shared between two systems, an Apple II+ and my }Apple IIgs at the -SAME TIME-. Both computers will have their own partitions }and will leave the others alone. It's a 140 meg drive, so there is plenty }of room for this. } }CAN IT BE DONE? } }Thanks in advance }Jeff } Checkout Cirtech's SCSI card and SCSI network software. The cards and software are available thru A2-Central ***** * Here is the text of A2-Central's catalog ***** ** ** SCSI interface ** CIRTECH's SCSI inteface card brings the world of SCSI hard disks to ** your Apple IIgs, IIe or II-plus. SCSI stands for "Small Computer System ** Interface". This is a standard, defined by the ANSI X3T9.2 specification, ** which devices such as the Seagate STxxxN family of hard drives adhere to. ** CIRTECH's card comes with software that allows you to split SCSI ** hard disks for use with up to four operating systems--ProDOS (or GS/OS), ** DOS 3.3., Pascal 1.3, or Microsoft Softcard CP/M 2.20B or 2.23. ** Unlike Apple's SCSI card, CIRTECH's card, with the addition of SCSI ** network software, can be used to share one or two hard disks among as many ** as six or seven computers (a maximum of eight devices total). Each computer ** has a private area on the disk. ** ** CT-SC SCSI Interface Card $139 ** ** ** SCSI network software ** CIRTECH's Multi-User SCSI software allows several computers to ** "share" up to two high-capacity storage devices. This provides a cost- ** effective way to attach several computers to a hard disk. Using a ** 64-megabyte Seagate ST277N hard disk assembly, for example, six computers ** could have "private" 10-megabyte hard disks for $200-250 per computer. ** The software splits the hard disk up into "user partitions". Only ** the computer that owns the partition can write to it. Partitions can ** also be "read protected" at the users option. Operating system partitions ** can be created inside a user partition. ** Each computer also has access to a "common" partition that can be used ** for read-only data and program storage. You'll need a CIRTECH SCSI card ** for each computer and one network package. ** ** CT-NET SCSI Network Software $99 ** -- Matthew Lee Stier | Sun Microsystems --- RTP, NC 27709-3447 | "Wisconsin Escapee" uucp: sun!mstier or mcnc!rti!sunpix!matthew | phone: (919) 469-8300 fax: (919) 460-8355 |
jeffn@nuchat.UUCP (Jeff Noxon) (02/18/90)
In article <1142@greens.East.Sun.COM> matthew@sunpix.East.Sun.COM ( Sun Visualization Products) writes: > > Checkout Cirtech's SCSI card and SCSI network software. The cards and >software are available thru A2-Central > > [ lots of info removed ] I am told that either the Cirtech card does not work with GS/OS or it does not support more than 64 Megabytes. Since I have more than twice that I consider it a waste. However if one machine could use the first 64 megs and another use the second 64 megs that would be a workable alternative. Does anyone have a Cirtech SCSI card? Is there a phone number in the US? Jeff -- jeffn@nuchat.sccsi.com | After 3 days without programming life is meaningless. jeffn@nuchat.uucp |------------------------------------------------------ ...uunet!nuchat!jeffn | All .EDU people: jeffn%nuchat.uucp@uhvax1.uh.edu