Data Systems Design DSD-880 8" floppy and hard drive?

From: Stuart Johnson <ssj152_at_charter.net>
Date: Sat Jul 19 21:29:00 2003

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From: "Joe" <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: Data Systems Design DSD-880 8" floppy and hard drive?


> Anybody know anything about a DSD-880 8" floppy and hard drive unit made
> by Data Systems Design? (Black rack mount box about 6" high and 28" deep.)
> I found several of them today. I'm pretty certain that they came off of a
> system tester or circuit board tester based on a DEC computer. The units
> had a Shugart 800-1 8" SSDD floppy drive and a Quantum Q2040 8" hard drive
> in them and a INTERESTING looking front panel that said "Hyper
Diagnostics"
> or something like that.
>
> I bought a HUGE lot of 8" floppy disks from the same place. They almost
> certainly came from the same systems. The disks contained RT-11 and RSX. I
> found that some of the disks had the driver and diagnostics for the
> DSD-880. Also found copies of distribution disks for RT-11 and RSX in the
> same pile.
>
> Joe
>

Joe,

I had one of these boards connected to a pair of Qume (851) drives back in
the early 80's. They worked GREAT, could read, write, and format RX01, RX02,
and with a modified driver, did DSDD for about 1.2mb per floppy!

I wish I had one of these controllers now (I have a pair of 8" drives).

Regards,
Stuart Johnson
Received on Sat Jul 19 2003 - 21:29:00 BST