Reading data from a CDC Hawk Drive

From: Kevin Murrell <kevin_at_xpuppy.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri Jul 20 02:46:45 2001

As part of an emulator project I need to read data from many CDC Hawk packs.
I have a drive and I believe it is an SMD interface. The drive also seems
to be known as a DD1600.

Does anyone have any details on this drive?

Two possible options occured to me:-

1. Obtain (?) an SMD controller card for a PC and try to access the drive
using this - and an appropriate amount of C.

2. Use a QBUS SMD controller in my PDP11 and get at the data that way.

Any thoughts gratefully received.

(BTW The machine I am emulating is an old British minicomputer called the
Molecular.)

Kevin Murrell
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Received on Fri Jul 20 2001 - 02:46:45 BST