MV3100 floppy drive

From: Daniel A. Seagraves <dseagrav_at_bsdserver.tek-star.net>
Date: Fri Nov 14 17:44:08 1997

On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Tim Shoppa wrote:

> 1. No disk controller at all.

It had a drive at one time, I doubt this...

> 2. A ST-506 controller that also takes a straight 34-pin floppy cable.
> (i.e. it has a floppy disk controller on the disk controller)
>
> 3. A single-bus SCSI controller that also takes a straight 34-pin floppy cable.
> (i.e. it has a floppy disk controller on the disk controller)
>
> 4. A dual-bus SCSI controller that does not take a straight 34-pin
> floppy controller. This used "SCSI floppy" drives, i.e. plain
> floppy drives with SCSI electronics bolted onto them.
>
> The disk controller, if any , lives on the "upper deck" that drives
> are bolted onto. If you have a disk controller, what sort of connectors
> does it have?

There's one large connector to the motherboard, 2 scsi plugs, and what
looks like a SCSI-2 plug. Guess I had a scsi floppy. Darn.

>
> Tim.
>
Received on Fri Nov 14 1997 - 17:44:08 GMT