Commodore Colt (was Re: My Collection)

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Apr 13 13:10:01 2001

--- Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the info. I think I have an old ST225 around someplace.
>
> Eric

You'll need a Western Digital WX-1 or similar to throw in there. The Colt
has an 8-bit IDE port (there were a few 20Mb and 40Mb drives to that
standard - look for "X" at the end of the Seagate/Western Digital part number
(as opposed to A for IDE or S or N for SCSI))

If you _have_ an 80-bit MFM controller, it's probably easier to find an MFM
drive. I don't recall if there's room for a 5.25" hard disk in the box if
you have two floppies - the XT-IDE drives are all 3.5"

After getting through all of _that_, it'll be a decent little XT for you.
I think it's <CNTL><ALT>T for Turbo mode and <CNTL><ALT>S for regular (slow)
mode. The machine will beep at different frequencies, using a CPU delay loop,
to indicate which speed it's at.

Enjoy,

-ethan



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