Legitimacy of the Ten Year Rule.

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Jan 25 00:13:26 1999

Jim Strickland wrote:
>
> > > Speaking of classics, I'm hopefully going to get my hands on a Kaypro 10 in
> > > the near future. No idea if the hard disk is alive. Does anyone know if the
> > > disk in that machine is a full height mfm? I just happen to have a 40 meg
> > > replacement for it... :)
> >
> > Could be either, but if original, it will have 4 heads and 306
> > cylinders! That is all the standard K-10 EPROM can handle. If you want
> > to use your ST-151 (or whatever) you will need to install the TurboROM or
> > one of the other third party EPROMs that give much greater flexibility!
> >
> > - don
> >
> eek. I imagine TurboROM is one of those parts you can't get for love nor
> money. I hope the drive works...

Oh, you can use just about any ST-506/MFM drive with the standard ROM.
But you can only use up to 4 heads and 306 cylinders, all other
capacity remains unaccessable.
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Received on Mon Jan 25 1999 - 00:13:26 GMT

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