Description: Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card: Description (11/96)
Header: Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card: Description (11/96)

 Article Created: 31 May 1991
 Article Reviewed/Updated: 14 November 1996

 TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------

 This article describes the Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card. This card has been
 discontinued and is no longer available from Apple.

 DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------

 Overview
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 The Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card lets you connect an Apple IIe or Apple IIGS
 computer to any device using the SCSI standard.  Such devices include hard
 disk drives, CD-ROM drives, scanners, tape drives, and laser printers. Using
 DMA (direct memory access) data transfer, this card offers impressive data
 throughput. It functions more than 10 times faster than the earlier Apple II
 SCSI Card. The Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card comes with software utilities
 for use with hard disk drives and CD-ROM drives.

 System Requirements
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 To use the Apple II High-Speed SCSI Card, you need an Apple IIGS or Apple IIe
 computer with a 65C02 microprocessor. This includes all Apple IIe systems
 manufactured in 1986 or later, as well as any earlier models that have been
 enhanced with the Apple IIe Enhancement Kit. If you have an early-model Apple
 IIe that has not been enhanced, contact your dealer about the enhancement
 kit.)

 A 3.5-inch disk drive (Apple IIGS or Apple IIe) or a 5.25-inch disk
  drive (Apple IIe)

 A device with an SCSI port, appropriate SCSI cabling, and one SCSI terminator.


 Technical Specifications
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 Interface: DB-25 SCSI port

 Maximum data throughput
 - 1MB per second (Apple IIGS)
 - 511K per second (Apple IIe)

 Environmental requirements
 - Operating temperature: 50 to 104 degrees F (10 to 40 degrees C)
 - Relative humidity: 20% to 95% (noncondensing)


 Article Change History:
 14 November 1996 - Reviewed for technical accuracy, revised formatting.
 Copyright 1991-96, Apple Computer, Inc.
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