Space, the next frontier

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Mon May 24 18:29:34 1999

"Jason (the General)" <roblwill_at_usaor.net> wrote:
> Talking about ST 506's, I have an old 5 MB one. It spins up, but I need
> a
> controller for it. The only XT MFM controller I have is a WD XT-GEN, and
> they don't work with the 506's.
>
> Anyone have a spare controller that they don't need? Preferably an old
> IBM??

Hi
 As far as I know, the PC issue with the 5MB is a data format
issue and has nothing to do with the controller. I use
a XT controller with my NC4000 chip but I don't use the ROM
that came with it since it obviously doesn't run 8086 code.
 As I recall, it was were the second copy of the directory
was placed that required a minimum of 10 Meg. Of course,
I could be wrong here.
Dwight

PS Tony
 Yes I was talking about a 5 Meg'er. Sorry if I confused things.
Still, many older drives should still be properly parked.
Received on Mon May 24 1999 - 18:29:34 BST