3.5" MFM hard disk

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue May 29 17:52:24 2001

Yes, I'm familiar with those. That's why I know this particular one isn't one
of them. However, I've not yet looked to see what it really is, but I do
remember it isn't a 5-1/4" form-factor board.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm_at_cts.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: 3.5" MFM hard disk


>
>
> On Tue, 29 May 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > That's not necessarily the case!
> >
> > I recently got a SCSI box, originally designed as an attachment for a MAC,
that
> > had a 3-1/2" drive (the one the configuration of which I don't recall) on
the
> > order of 40 MB, but which had a board that I remember as NOT being an
ACB-4000,
> > though it was of the 40xx series. It was, IIRC, an ADAPTEC board, but an
RLL
> > board and, oddly enough, of a 3-1/2" form factor.
>
> Well, the 5.25" form factor RLL board was the ACB-4070.
>
> - don
>
> > I'll look at it and let you know what it is.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeffrey l Kaneko" <jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:10 AM
> > Subject: Re: 3.5" MFM hard disk
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > <snip>
> > >
> >
> > > > used to make for connecting MFM drives up to various other interfaces.
> > >
> > > Yeah? Which make/model? If it *were* Adaptec, I'd bet it's an ACB-4000,
> > > in which case it's MFM<->SCSI (sortof). What sort of machine is it
> > > going into?
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > ________________________________________________________________
> > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
> > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
> > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
> > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue May 29 2001 - 17:52:24 BST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:34:10 BST