IBM-PC and SCSI

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Thu Dec 28 21:54:16 2000

NOW I REMEMBER WHY THAT NUMBER SOUNDED FAMILIAR . . . I have three of them .
. . and they are, indeed, 1 GB or so.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm_at_cts.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: IBM-PC and SCSI


>
>
> 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
> >
>
>
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