MFM PC/XT HDD Controler

From: Rob O'Donnell <classiccmp.org_at_irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Mon Dec 29 19:47:13 2003

At 00:40 30/12/2003 +0000, Pete Turnbull wrote:

>On Dec 29, 12:54, Fred Cisin wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Rob O'Donnell wrote:
>
> > > or am I best just connecting
> > > it back to a Beeb and kermit'ing it all over?
> >
> > YES!!!!!
>
>I agree with Fred, although the Beeb uses an Adaptec ACB4000 and in
>theory you might be able to hook the drive+ACB4000 up to a PC with a
>SCSI bus. However, you still have the problem of understanding the
>data. Stick to kermit.

Well at least I know it's all still intact-ish. It's an Amcom hard disc
expansion, not a genuine Acorn one, but uses (from memory) some sort of
Adaptec board between the HDD and a card that connects to the beeb, so
probably is pretty similar. I didn't need any particular driver rom for it
to work, standard ADFS worked fine.

Hey, my BBS might yet live again :-)

Rob
Received on Mon Dec 29 2003 - 19:47:13 GMT