Philips XT with 768K

From: jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net <(jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net)>
Date: Mon Aug 17 08:01:17 1998

Snipped!

> >
> > He needs an IDE and IIRC the St251 and 251-1 are MFM.
>
> Wow. I didn't know that anybody besides Commodore ever used XT IDE. I have
> a couple of WD-98???-X drives, one in a Commodore Colt that I use for ROM
> burning. IIRC, WD made 20Mb and 40Mb XT IDE before moving on to AT IDE.
> Commodore even designed-in an XT-IDE port on their A2091 and A590 disk
> controllers for the A2000 and A500, respectively. The A590 did ship with
> 20Mb XT drives; the A2091 did not have the 40 pin connector soldered in place.
> It does work; I have retrofitted one. They are slow.
>
> And, yes, the ST251/251-1 are both MFM. I use them on ancient DEC hardware.
>
> -ethan

Not only that on amigas and tandys for those XT IDE drives...

Zenith Eazy PC (I own that one, horrible pc shudder!)
Olivetti series (appox 15" monitor either color or mono) in all in
one piece odd casings rather like above and lot of XT machines that
was still sold in early '90's had XT IDE hd.

Thankfully, very short lived and not so common for those
oddball boxens that requires XT IDE! :)

Jason D.
email: jpero_at_cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.
Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 08:01:17 BST