On 7 Apr 99 at 13:28, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
> These were in common use on Z89's and Z-90's. Heathkit used drives made
> by
> Tandon and Siemens. The Siemens drives were kinda unique: It used a
> disk with a spiral groove for the head positioner.
>
> The cabinets are among the best floppy enclosures ever made IMHO
> (although
> they can be a bitch to put back together). I have several of them
> myself.
> The (linear) power supplies in 'em are fairly beefy.
>
> Jeff
>
OK, enough interest that I "bared it". A heavy sucker, 8 screws for stability
and to discourage tinkerers. Meant to last, all metal frame.
The drives are Siemens with controllers on each fd (surprise-not) , SERIOUS
caps on the PSU and 34 pin edge connectors and cable (no twist ) connecting to
the external port.
I'm thinking these drives are blessed enough to use to transfer my TRS m2
8 inchers to 5 1/4. How would I begin ? An old-timer who was into TRS m2
told me he had written a program to do that some time ago and urged me to do so
before the media failed. Of course like most collectors I'm onwards to the
newer find and sometimes don't complete the earlier demands.
What could I hook this up to in order to finish with valor.
Damn, now I've gone and done it .
ciao larry
lwalker_at_interlog.com
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Received on Wed Apr 07 1999 - 16:14:56 BST