Free NCR tower in Miami FL.

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Dec 8 10:37:24 1999

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From: Jeffrey l Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Free NCR tower in Miami FL.



>MFM disk controller was made by NCR, but it looks like a 'cookbook'
>design using the WD-100x chipset.
>

SMILE when you say that, pahdnuh! That cookbook design is what made the
microwinchester drive so simple to include that anyone with two grey cells
and a little PLL knowledge could put together a winchester interface.
That's why they became so cheap. It was the only way to do your own
controller at a competitive price for several years, until SMC brought out
their 9224 chip. Unfortunately, by that time the patent on RLL recording
had expired, so everybody wanted RLL.

Dick
Received on Wed Dec 08 1999 - 10:37:24 GMT