coryc@sequent.UUCP (Cory Carpenter) (04/02/91)
Has anyone ever encountered a software package called "Easyhard" that allows the use of SCSI hard drives from the IBM parallel port? As described in the following quote, this software is available on Japanese BBSs, with Japanese documentation. I'm trying to find a site where it can be obtained by anonymous ftp, ideally with English documenation (although I can get the Japanese version translated). Any information would be appreciated. Please respond by E-mail if possible, since I don't read this newsgroup regularly (I will post the ftp site if I find one). TIA -coryc >>From: nemossan@uitec.ac.jp (Sakurao NEMOTO) >Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops >Subject: Re: External hard drive through parallel port > >In article <mLTaZ2w163w@coyote.datalog.com> > ferdie@coyote.datalog.com (fred jarvis) writes: >>Does anyone have any experience using an external hard drive running >>off the parallel port? (I've asked this before & gotten no response, >>so there are apparently few of you using these things.) > > >"EasyHard" is Hard-disk-drive software besides the explanation how to connect >SASI/SCSI-hard-drive to the parallel-port of J3100-series. It worked well. >But these days I don't use it, because wired-laptops dones not coicide my >opinion. {^_^} > >J3100-series is for Japanese-version of T3100-series from Toshiba, but I can >find no reason not to work on IBM-machines. > > > EASYHD3.LZH(21) 90-01-13 01:56:16 37905 for SASI-drive > EASYHARD.LZH(21) 90-02-24 01:04:50 38652 for SCSI-drive > EH13PAT.LZH(21) 90-05-07 01:02:44 12354 patches for update > >Unfortunately all the documents are written in Japanese-Shift-JIS-code. -- | >> Disclaimer: I speak for Sequent only in our hardware manuals << | | Cory R. Carpenter, Tech Writer | | | Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. | Don't play with my mind... you don't know | | Beaverton, Oregon, USA | where it's been! || coryc@sequent.com | |