IBM-PC and SCSI

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Dec 28 19:41:33 2000

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Lawrence Walker wrote:

> I recently picked up a Fujitsu M2266SA HDD. This is a 1M SCSI
> 5 1/2 " drive with a black bezel like the IBM-PC MFM drives and
> will fit in the same space. The vendor said it was SCSI-1 but
> TheRef says it is SCSI-2 and Fujitsu doesn't say.

According to the listing in the Pocket PCRef, the M2266SA is a 1079M
SCSI drive in a 5.25" FH case. About 1Gig.

                                                 - don

 
> I have a heavily modified PC(5150) with an Intel 386 Onboard card
> as Allison has on her Leading Edge 8086 (BTW, I have a lead
> >ajp < to someone that has the mem-expander daughter card)
>
> However I have no info on whether it would be possible to add a
> SCSI card to an IBM-PC. I have an Adaptec 1522A ISA SCSI card
> and likely others in my card box. Was there a SCSI card for the
> PC ? If so, would this possibly, with this configuration, allow you to
> transcend the 5-slot limits of the PC. And of course to have 1 meg
> storage for programs. WHEEEEE!!!
>
> Am I in fantasy-land or could I have a system to confound the
> leading-edgers, altho it already does that. "NO IT ISN'T POSSIBLE
> ON SUCH AN EARLY COMPUTER" . He he he he, chortle.
>
> ciao larry
>
>
>
>
> Reply to:
> lgwalker_at_look.ca
>
Received on Thu Dec 28 2000 - 19:41:33 GMT