Manufacturer “Xebec”
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Xebec 9700 Series
Manufacturer
Xebec, USA
Date
1987
Amiga
A1000
Interface
side expansion port
    SCSI Controller
  • external SCSI controller and hard disk drive with 10 MB (9710H) or 20 MB (9720H)
  • SCSI controller connects to the side expansion port
  • the 5¼" hard disk resides in a separate upright housing which is connected to the controller via a DB37 cable
  • an additional DB37 port at the hard disk case allows daisy-chaining other drives
  • uses an ST-506 hard disk drive with a Xebec S1410 SASI/SCSI to ST-506 adaptor card
  • 45W power supply in the hard disk housing
  • side expansion port is not passed through
  • does not autoboot
  • does not support the RDB standard
  • does not even use a mountlist entry, but parameter files on the boot floppy and the hard disk
  • badly written driver software, uses busy waits
    Notes
  • the 9700H series drive is a generic one which is used for other products for IBM PC, Atari etc., which are supplied with specific SASI/SCSI controllers
Photos
Xebec Xebec 9700 Series - 9720H Drive front side
9720H Drive, front side
Xebec Xebec 9700 Series - ST-506 Adapter front side
ST-506 Adapter, front side
Driver / Installation Disk
Vintage Advert

Advert (US)
1987-03