SCSI-Floppy Card

From: Dann Lunsford <dann_at_greycat.com>
Date: Sun Jun 20 14:03:42 1999

A few days ago, I was in a local used electronics/Junque (only
high-class stuff here :-)) and found a rackmount case with PS, SCSI
cables, and three devices for five bucks. Took it home, blew the dust
out, and found I'd gotten a Exabyte 8mm tape that worked perfectly with
my VAXCluster (once I'd reseated the cards, blew the dust out and ran a
cleaning tape through it), an Archive 160 meg QIC drive (have no use for
this, anyone want it?) and a 5.25 in floppy with what claims to be an
NCR SCSI intereface bolted to it. It's this last I need info on.

This interface board is the same size as the drive; at one end is the
power plug (it appears to be powered independently of the floppy) and
the SCSI header. The other end has a 34 pin header with a standard cable
going back to the 34-pin edge connector on the floppy. Has an NCR 5380
and an Intel 85272 as the main chips, with a lot of glue, as well as a
80188 CPU with ROM. There are two switch pack, one 4-pos, one 8-pos.
The 4-pos pack has the first three positions labeled FT and the last
position is labeled EXT PF.
The 8-position pack has the last three switches labeled ID (almost
certainly the SCSI address). Anyway, anyone ever seen one of these
before? I'm a little scared to just plug it in; I've seen lots of tape
drives but this is the only SCSI floppy I've ever seen, and I want to
take good care of it :-). Any info greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

     Dann Lunsford
Received on Sun Jun 20 1999 - 14:03:42 BST