>
> > I'd love to know how this is done. :)
>
> Which?
The 3.5 inch drive conversion. Using modern media on this machine would
simplify things enormously. However I don't have the facilities to burn
my own roms, so if it involves patching the bios rom (like it sounds like)
I'll stick with 5.25 I guess.
> > > The 4/84s and 2Xs and 10s all had a 50 pin header that lead to an adapter
> > > board, which in turn led - by way of a 40 conductor ribbon - to the WD HD
> > > controller.
> >
> > Actually the stickers on the back read "Kaypro 4 '84" and it has half height
> > drives. The drive connector feeds directly to the main board. to the rear
> > of that is what appears to be a connector that wasn't ever attached - there are
> > holes but no connector.
>
> Well, if that is so, it should have a 50 pin header or the traces and
> pads for it on the right hand edge of the motherboard just beyond the
> floppy connection header.
That's right. It has the pads and traces for probably a 50 pin header just
behind the floppy connection header. Is this where I'd plug in the
hard disk controller if I had it? And I don't suppose anyone ever made
a SCSI host adapter for this thing? being able to use SCSI disks in it
like I do in nearly every other machine I own would be VERY handy. (yes,
I'm a SCSI bigot. I lothe IDE).
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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