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The Apple Rev. C SCSI Card

(Apple II+ & up, 64K Required)

Data Transfer Rate: 128-256K / Sec.

This card, is the most common card, is made by Apple Computer. This card has been replaced by a faster model, the DMA or High Speed SCSI Card. This card can be used in any slotted Apple II, or compatible and the Laser 128's expansion box. This card under ProDOS 8 will only support 2 Partitions, for a total of 64 Meg. However, many software products are available in the public domain that will let ProDOS 8 access more than 2 partitions. In an Apple IIgs, GS/OS can recognize up to 40 partitions of 32 Meg each, thus allowing the use of a much larger drive.

The Apple High Speed SCSI Card

(Enhanced Apple //e 128K, Apple IIgs)

Data Transfer Rate:IIgs 1 Meg / Sec. -//e512K / Sec.

This card is the currently shipping Apple II SCSI card and has all the same characteristics of the Apple II Rev C. Card, and is downwardly software compatible with it. That is where the difference stops, it is a totally new, redesigned card. It offers 1 Megabyte a second data transfer rate* (512K on an Apple //e) and is DMA, (Direct Memory Access) compatible.

TheRAMFast SCSI Card.

(Enhanced Apple //e 128K, Apple IIgs)

Data Transfer Rate:1 Meg / Sec.
Cache Size: 256K or 1024K

This card, while it is compatible with a drive already formatted on an Apple Card, is not compatible with software for the Apple SCSI Cards. It offers all the same hardware specs as the DMA SCSI card, with the addition of hardware caching, it has 256K or 1024K of cache-ahead buffering, thus making it the FASTEST SCSI CARD available for the Apple II.

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