"Programmer's Panel" for disk drives

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Fri Feb 22 07:48:27 2002

Tony,

   sorry to take so long to reply. You're right, there is both a 60 pin and
a 2 something pin cable with it. Does anyone still do anything with SMD
drives?

    Joe

At 12:26 AM 2/13/02 +0000, you wrote:
>> aluminium box about 15" cubed. A sticker inside said that it was made by
>> Magnetic Peripherals. Is anyone familar with these? What type drives coud
>
>IIRC, Magnetic Peripherals is CDC...
>
>> it operate? Is it worth picking up? This one appeared pretty intact, some
>> key tops were missing but it had the cables still stored inside of it.
>
>Can you describe these cables? CDC to me implies an SMD interface (at
>least on their larger drives). If the cables are a 60 pin control cable
>and maybe a 26 pin data cable, I'd guess that's what it is.
>
>-tony
>
Received on Fri Feb 22 2002 - 07:48:27 GMT