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| NuPORT nubus card | |
| Posted by: SophieRose on 2023-06-05 13:09:22 I have one of these.. are they any good? I'm guessing it needs software as I cant get anything to be seen on it. I cant even remember where I got it 😂  | |
| Posted by: Melkhior on 2023-06-05 13:17:22 SCSI controller based on the 53C90A. It's a slightly better chip than the 5380 in older Macintoshes, similar to the later 53c94 and 53c96 that were widely used. Might be a bit better than the on-board SCSI of older NuBus system, but it is on the NuBus so might have higher latency. You could dump the ROM to see if there's an embedded driver or not. If you can't use it, either there's no driver, or it's not compatible with whatever System you use (SCSI manager had several revisions, not all compatible with other versions' drivers...). | |
| Posted by: Phipli on 2023-06-05 13:20:38 Did it come in a machine? Are you testing it in the same machine? @cheesestraws likes his SCSI cards... he might be in the know 🙂 | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2023-06-05 14:13:37 They are better than the SCSI built into a Mac. I have one that came with a Quadra 950 Cactus RIP setup. | |
| Posted by: cheesestraws on 2023-06-05 14:50:01 Nope, not seen that one before. Looks fun, though! Agreed, I'd like to see what's on the ROM... | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2023-06-05 15:02:13 Guess I don't have that one. Mine is a NP-2.  | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-06-05 15:08:45Guess I don't have that one. Mine is a NP-2.Do you have drivers for it? They look similar enough that they probably had common software... or does it work without drivers? | |
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2023-06-05 15:10:12 http://www.jwgdesign.com/macsupport.htm | |
Posted by: SophieRose on 2023-06-05 15:23:34http://www.jwgdesign.com/macsupport.htmOoo thanks for that.. that'll help ☺ | |
| Posted by: SophieRose on 2023-06-06 11:13:20 Ahh that links dead 😂 darn | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-06-06 11:24:19Ahh that links dead 😂 darnFound another copy of the useful looking one from mac garden. Try this one. | |
Posted by: SophieRose on 2023-06-07 13:40:35Found another copy of the useful looking one from mac garden. Try this one.Cheers @Phipli ☺ | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2023-06-07 16:51:20 That external connector is used for Fast Narrow SCSI, so I'd think it will turn out be significantly faster than onboard SCSI. edit: might could be? Scuzzy SCSI - TidBITSWhen it first arrived, everyone liked the Apple standard SCSI because it was relatively fast and easy to use. Unfortunately, it soon became clear that SCSI was not the answer to the Mac's problems and might even cause some of them
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| Posted by: David Cook on 2024-10-11 20:47:03 Here is a dump of the NuPORT II v4.2 ROM | |
| Posted by: KennyPowers on 2024-12-27 22:41:51 I recently acquired another variant of this card..."IIa":  | |
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