Speaking of PS/2s...

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblakeman_at_kih.net>
Date: Wed Dec 19 21:46:21 2001

The 70 came out ONLY with ESDI, the Reply upgrade and other aftermarket
controllers would give IDE, but not the factory. I have tons of various ESDI
drives I need to sell off too, all 3.5" from 20mb to (maybe) 120mb.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Boatman on the
River of Suck
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 8:23 AM
To: Tothwolf
Cc: Classic Computers
Subject: Re: Speaking of PS/2s...


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 - 21:46:21 GMT

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