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? // JCA /* **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Flames : /dev/null | My opinions are exactly that, ** ARPANET : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil | mine. Bill Gates couldn't buy ** INTERNET: jca@pnet01.cts.com | it, but he could rent it. :) ** UUCP : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hd-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* */
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 Time Lord Third Regeneration Atari Enthusiast Extreme gdtltr@freezer.it.udel.edu _o_ -------------------------- _o_ [|o o|] "My field is blood and guts programming." -- Me [|o o|] |_O_| "Don't listen to me; I never do." -- Doctor Who |_O_|