On Oct 10, 14:18, Roger Merchberger wrote:
> Rumor has it that Pete Turnbull may have mentioned these words:
>
> >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 :-)
>
> VAXStations use them, too -- it's basically a SCSI to MFM bridgeboard
that
> is really quite compatible -- when my floppy drive died on my
SCSI-enabled
> PeeCee, I snagged my spare VAX bridgeboard w/1.44 floppy, set the SCSI ID
&
> slid it onto the chain... worked flawlessly.
>
> I doubt the bridgeboard would work for a 2.88Meg floppy, tho -- dunno if
> the "BIOS" (for lack of a better term) supports that density as it didn't
> exist until well after the board was built.
Possibly not. I have a DEC one that certainly does, but it's much larger
than the TEAC ones, which fit under the drive in a small frame the same
form factor as the drive. They're so small and thin that at first glance
you might not notice there's an "extra bit".
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Wed Oct 10 2001 - 14:17:09 BST