Commodore Colt (was Re: My Collection)

From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Apr 13 13:45:18 2001

>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))

        As far as I know, the 8bit IDE drives maxed out at 40meg,
with the Seagate drives jumper changable between 8 and 16bit
interfaces. They should be the same drives as used by Tandy as their
'Smartdrive' for the Tandy 1000 series that had 8bit IDE built in,
such as the TL/2 and SL/2 and above. I personally always preferred
the Seagate ST-351A/X out of the four drives available (20 and 40meg
from each WD and Seagate).

        Jeff
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