There are others, they list them as XTA drives.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
> >
> > Ethan Dicks wrote:
> >
> > > Jason writes:
> > > > Another setback is it's HD. It's a 20MB Western digital -
> > > > and slow as a turtle. Does anyone, by any chance, have a spare
> > > > XT-compatible IDE HD without a stepper motor driving the heads??
> > > >
> > > > ThAnX,
> > > > --
> > > > -Jason
> > > > (roblwill_at_usaor.net)
> > > > ICQ#-1730318
> > >
> > > Try an ST-251-1. It's the voice-coil version of the ST-251 and clocks in
> > > at 28ms. You can't have mine. I use them on uVAXen.
> >
> > 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
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