More TGX16 Dreams from days of lore

[D-Lite]

So I need to ask.  Does anyone know of another Intelligent Link other than the one I have?  I've been trying to figure out if mine is thee proto or not.  I got it a few years back from Turbo Zone Direct's Steve.  I'll have to post pics.

[Arkhan]

screw postin pics!

how mush you wants for it?

[D-Lite]

screw postin pics!

how mush you wants for it?

Three sealed Magical Chase US? 

[Arkhan]

screw postin pics!

how mush you wants for it?

Three sealed Magical Chase US? 

Done.  Let me go dig out the shrinkwrap machine and find some ebayers to buy from.

[D-Lite]

Seriously, I'm curious how many of a proto piece of hardware they would have made.

[Necromancer]

The one you have is kind of a 'finished' product, isn't it?  I figure there's got to be an earlier more MacGyverish version out there somewhere, one made with lots of electrical tape, rubber bands, and paper clips.

[D-Lite]

The one you have is kind of a 'finished' product, isn't it?  I figure there's got to be an earlier more MacGyverish version out there somewhere, one made with lots of electrical tape, rubber bands, and paper clips.

"Mostly".  It looks good, but there's elements that suggest "unfinished".

[RoyVegas]

"Mostly".  It looks good, but there's elements that suggest "unfinished".

Me wants to see!  Pics Pics!

[Arkhan]

"Mostly".  It looks good, but there's elements that suggest "unfinished".

Me wants to see!  Pics Pics!

yeah more importantly, does it WORK>? can you use it?

[D-Lite]

"Mostly".  It looks good, but there's elements that suggest "unfinished".

Me wants to see!  Pics Pics!

yeah more importantly, does it WORK>? can you use it?

Alas, I'm a Mac guy so the thing is mostly worthless in terms of use.

[Necromancer]

Alas, I'm a Mac guy so the thing is mostly worthless in terms of use.

Isn't it a SCSI interface?  That was a standard of Apples of yore (until about ten years ago), unlike PCs where it was seldom found outside of workstations and servers.

[D-Lite]

Alas, I'm a Mac guy so the thing is mostly worthless in terms of use.

Isn't it a SCSI interface?  That was a standard of Apples of yore (until about ten years ago), unlike PCs where it was seldom found outside of workstations and servers.

Yes, but like you have there "until about ten years ago".  You can still find PCs with the SCSI port, but no Macs other than the bigger towers for years now.

Did you need software/drivers for it?  I would assume.

[Necromancer]

Any newer PC with SCSI has had it added by a PCIe card, and I'd expect at least a few of those cards to support OS X; I've also seen adapters that have SCSI on one end and FireWire and/or USB on the other.  The biggest problem might be figuring out which one of the eleventyjillion flavors of SCSI that the Link uses and then finding a card and adapter that will support it.  If all else fails, I have a 486 of similar vintage that has SCSI and I'd allow you to send the Link to me to see if it works.  Who knows, I might even send it back to you. 

P.S. - I'm not advocating that you blow a few hundred dollars on cards, cables, adapters, and scotch (to keep you from punching a cat out of frustration when it still doesn't work), just to see if this thing is alive.  Even if it has died of old age, it's still an awesome piece of hardware.

[Vecanti]

I'd love to plug this thing into my Amiga 3000.  I'm guessing the cable is just a standard DB25 like an old parallel port connector?  On the Amiga it's SCSI-1(which is what all the old Mac's, Amiga's, etc had back when this was released as I don't think SCSI 2 was approved until sometime in '94), but most all those old SCSI are the same port, just different speeds (SCSI-1, SCSI-2, Fast-SCSI, Wide-SCSI, same port just different speeds depending what you plugged in)

On the Amiga there shouldn't be any special drivers needed beside it's on CD driver stuff.  

[TGX16]

The one you have is kind of a 'finished' product, isn't it?  I figure there's got to be an earlier more MacGyverish version out there somewhere, one made with lots of electrical tape, rubber bands, and paper clips.

"Mostly".  It looks good, but there's elements that suggest "unfinished".

Does it look like this one or like the one in the flyer in the original post