Apple HAL XEBEC controller

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sat Apr 17 15:57:08 1999

On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Pete Turnbull wrote:

> Does it need any other software (like a formatting disk)? The on-board 4K
> EPROM contains only the strings "(C) HAL COMPUTERS LTD 1983", "A/XHAL
> SHARED RESOURCE WINCHESTER SYSTEM", "NOT CONNECTED", and "SRS ERROR", so I
> guess there would have been a floppy with it, originally.

What in these strings leads you to believe it would have been connected to
a floppy? It was strictly a hard drive interface.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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