Need SA400 help

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue Oct 29 10:42:00 2002

> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>

> The original post on this thread mentioned not having a "standard" floppy
> power connector (Molex), and not knowing the pinout of the
> connector(s).

Upon very close examination I can see some stray flux around the solder
connections to the four-pin header (which is present instead of the Molex
connector), so my guess is that the original connector was removed by a
user. The additional write-protect switch, however, is a *very*
professional installation.

> Could it be that his SA400 is an aftermarket drive for
> Apple (or something else), where the Shugart board was replaced by
> something weirder?

Possible. The drive came from a home-built enclosure which also contained
a home-made PSU and ZX81-compatible keyboard (no ZX81 board, though :<( )

Also, since all of my other systems use 40-track drives, I doubt I'll ever
have any use for this thing. Are they still commonly available? If not, I
may hang on to it "just in case." Otherwise, it's probably off to eBay
unless someone on this list wants it and is willing to pay postage.

Later --

Glen
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