> > One of the external drives is a BASF Model 6106, would this by
> > chance be an early hard drive? It is built like a full height floppy, but
> > there is no place to put one! Any information on it would be much appreciated.
> If it could be a BASF 6186, it would be a 15mb ST-506 MFM drive with 4
> Hds, 440 Cyl, and 17 SPT. RWC and WPC are both at 220. Drive is 5.25"
> Full High.
BASF also made a 2/3 height floppy (could get 3 into a double bay). It
was the first 5.25" drive smaller than "full height" that I saw. It also
was the first one that I saw that had a D.O.A. failure rate of more than
50%. The door on it was not very obvious - you push on the door and then
let it pop open. I recommend pushing on that door with a very large
mallet.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 11:18:07 BST