[Coco] OS9/68K on Atari SatanDisk

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>---- Original Message ----
>From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>Sent: 8/4/2013 11:51:13 PM
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Subject: Re: [Coco] OS9/68K on Atari SatanDisk
>
>Hi Joel,
>> I was late to this conversation, but it reminds me that to this day I am 
>> unaware of any OS-9/68K implementation that runs in emulation on a modern 
>> PC, with the exception of some fairly limited CD-i emulators.
>
>There is one called OS9App (or OS9exec) on Sourceforge, but there's not been 
>any development for some time. It's a bit buggy, but does work.
>
>> I did once try running the Atari OS-9 disk images on a number of Atari 
>> emulators with little success.  I'm not sure what it needs that it's not 
>> getting in the emulators.  This has been 2 or 3 years back, so maybe the 
>> emulation has improved, or maybe there's an emulator I'm not aware of that 
>> does work.
>
>As far as I know, it's a problem with the emulators not supporting reads 
>from sector zero, which OS9/68K needs.
>
>> Are you aware of anything I've missed?
>
>Nope, That's about where I'm at too. My MM/1 still works, but as you said, 
>the SCSI drive is not very happy, and takes a loooong time to spin up. Once 
>it's going it works fine.
>
>A SCSI to IDE/CF/SD convertor would be a great thing. Such a card is being 
>developed by the N8VEM crew.
>

You have quite a few options available...

SCSI to SATA/SSD:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AztecMonster-II-SATA-SSD-SCSI-Converter-for-Mac-AKAI-Emu-Sampler-/261259111230?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd441ab3e

SCSI to IDE:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACARD-AEC-7720U-Ultra-SCSI-to-IDE-Bridge-SCSI-to-IDE-CONVERTER-LVD-SCSI-/350800681926?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51ad599bc6

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACARD-AEC-7722-Ver-1-59A-SCSI-to-IDE-Bridge-Adapter-w-adapter-/221245269821?pt=US_Internal_Port_Expansion_Cards&hash=item33833ee73d

Manufacturer links:
https://www.acard.com/english/fb01-product.jsp?idno_no=23&prod_no=AEC-7720U&type1_idno=6&ino=43

Another I saw a while back:
http://www.peripheral-vision.com/products/scsi-to-compact-flash/

SCSI to CompactFlash:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CF-AztecMonster-CF-3-5-SCSI-Converter-Card-for-Mac-AKAI-sampler-New-Condition-/300927384651?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item4610ab7c4b