[comp.sys.atari.8bit] MIO Board...

jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) (01/16/90)

Does ICD still make this beast?  I've been tempted to put an 8-bit system
together for the hell of it.  Also, will the SCSI ports on it play nice with
Seagate ST1xxN drives, particularly the ST157N?  Also, what's the scoop with
using a T-816 in a 130XE along side an MIO Board with SpartaDOS X?
 
 
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gdtltr@butterscotch.it.udel.edu (Gary Duzan) (01/16/90)

In article <1181@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
=>Does ICD still make this beast?  I've been tempted to put an 8-bit system
=>together for the hell of it.  Also, will the SCSI ports on it play nice with
=>Seagate ST1xxN drives, particularly the ST157N?  Also, what's the scoop with
=>using a T-816 in a 130XE along side an MIO Board with SpartaDOS X?
=> 
   Well, I guess I'm the guy to ask. I got all this stuff. As far as I know,
ICD still makes the things. Good luck getting them from a third party vendor.
Better off just getting one from ICD. Last I heard, ICD still suggested that
you avoid imbedded SCSI drives, like the Seagate N-series. I think it will
work, but you have to break a pin on the SCSI cable. You might take a look at
the Black Box if you aren't set on a nice big external RAMdisk; it is supposed
to handle the N-drives ok.
   After several months, I now have my T-816 chatting properly with my MIO. On
the 130XE you have to add a couple wires & a 74LS04 chip (piggybacked on the
74LS08) for them to get along. Without this fix, my T-816 tended to trash data
routed through the MIO (RAMdisk, Modem, Printer, etc.). It isn't a very tough
fix, but you have to get the chip & do some semi-tricky solder work. I'm not a
big solder-jockey, but I managed it pretty well. The SDX works fine with both.

                                        Gary Duzan
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