new toy!

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sun Jan 31 00:33:08 1999

On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Jim Strickland wrote:

> >
> > > 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.

OK, I guess Allison filled that one in pretty well! TurboROM, or
equivalent, is your answer.
 
> 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).

No, that is where you would plug in the adapter card from a K10 that
converts the signals to 40 conductors that are required by the WD1002-HDO.

Actually, on the downstream side of the adapter card you are tremendously
close to an IDE interface. As I understand it, the IDE interface is
premised on the commands that are required by the WD1002-nnn controller.
zI have forgotten the exact model, but it must be near to the WD1002.

                                                 - don

> Jim Strickland
> jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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