Speaking of PS/2s...

From: Boatman on the River of Suck <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Wed Dec 19 08:23:11 2001

On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tothwolf wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tothwolf wrote:
> >
> > > Are you sure the drive is ESDI? I think the model 70 shipped with an IDE
> > > drive.
> >
> > Nope, definitely ESDI.
>
> That's strange...I pulled out my old worn out books and both say the 70
> shipped with IDE drives. Maybe IBM shipped the 70 with both kinds of
> drives?

Have you seen these drives? They're nothing like IDE. They don't even
use the ESDI standard one-signal/two-data cables. It plugs into a
doohickey similar to the ST-506 doohickey on the Mod 50.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Wed Dec 19 2001 - 08:23:11 GMT