WD1770 help needed

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sat Feb 5 00:34:13 2000

Glen,

At 11:48 PM 2/4/00 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 02/04/2000 3:34:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes:
>
>> The 1772 appears to be identical to the 1770 apart from the step rates it
>> uses. If your drives can take said higher rates, then the 1772 will work
>> in your controller.
>
>Thanks for the information, Tony. Upgrading the drives is not a problem
>since I have access to many types of drives. In fact, I recently had some
>trouble finding a drive *ancient* enough to work with the 1770 i/f.

  What kind of "ancient" drives are you looking for? I scrounge up old
drives all the time. I found nine hh Mitsubishi 8" floppy drives a few
weeks ago and an 8" Quantum hard drive last week. I found a power supply
and the connectors for a pair of 8" floppy drives today.

    Joe
>
>Glen
>0/0
>
Received on Sat Feb 05 2000 - 00:34:13 GMT