On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Joe wrote:
> At 03:36 PM 2/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >< I wondered about using the drives out of an old Osborne model OCC 1 th
> ><I have.
> >
> >They may work muost just pull the 360k drives from an XT.
>
> Aren't SA 400's single density? XT drives are Double Density. Yes,
> they'll probably work but the media wouldn't be interchangable.
Drives themselves do not know double from single density. That is a
controller function. (Now if you were talking about high density vs
single or double density, that is a different story.
- don
> >
> >It was never a question. I've been running CPM for 21 years and also
> >have a NS* horizon thats now 20 years old.
>
> Do you have the old NS* software that will run on the Alrair?
> >
> >< Actually now that I know what I'm looking for, my NS* CPM manual says
> ><16K of Ram with an origin of 2000 Hex. I have a bunch of NS* manuals, I
> >
> >V2.x and later it had to be 20k so that is v1.4 (likely from lifeboat
> >associates).
>
> Yeap. V1.41
> >
> >
>
>
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