On Oct 10, 8:00, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> It may be that they are hooked to a SCSI controller, many have floppy
> controllers on the SCSI board. Only ones I've ever heard of, including
the
> PS/2 drives, are MFM like any other.
> -> On Wednesday, October 10, 2001 4:46 AM, Mike Ford
> -> [SMTP:mikeford_at_socal.rr.com]
> -> wrote:
> -> > I've been looking for some 2.88 non-IBM PS/2 floppy drives, and I
found
> -> > some, but the guy says they are SCSI. Is that nuts or what?
> -> >
> -> > TEAC FD-235 J 5670-U W/SCSI Card
> -> > TEAC FD-235 J 5670-U W/SCSI Card
> -> > TEAC FD-235 J 610 W/SCSI Card
Teac made SCSI floppies which were used by SGI and others; one of my
Indigos has one, and a couple of friends have them too. The floppy is a
more-or-less standard FD-235, except that most have a motorised eject. The
SCSI card is an add-on, albeit a very compact one.
If you don't want the SCSI cards, I can use them :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Wed Oct 10 2001 - 12:40:13 BST