Wait, are ST-506 drives the ones with a wide ribbon connector
and a narrow one? If so, they are pretty common here. I have a bunch
in my desk drawer. BTW, why is MFM so much more popular than RLL?
>> > Okay gang. I just can't take it, I gotta help this guy become an
atarian. :)
>> > Okay, this is what; you need. You need an ATSCI to SCSI converter
>>
>> OK, but what to do with the system that takes an ST-506 interface
drive? I just
>
>This is a problem that I've been thinking about rather a lot - not for
>Ataris, but for old workstations (PERQ, Xerox, etc) that have an ST506
>controller built in to the I/O board.
>
>I've been thinking of designing an interface that'll link a SCSI or IDE
>drive to an ST506 controller. The problem is I'd have to know quite a
bit
>about the low-level format of the drive so that I could simulate it on
>the interface. And that data is not easy to come by.
>
>But I am worried that ST506 drives are becoming less common every year,
>and there's no easy way to repair them.
>
>-tony
>
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