GoTEK SFR1M44-U100...

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Tue Jul 17 20:43:20 CDT 2018


On 07/17/2018 04:11 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:

> When 3.5-inch floppy drives and hard drives were introduced, most used the
> same 34-pin interfaces as their 5.25-inch counterparts.

Can't say much about 3.5" hard drives (the only really early ones I've
seen are standard ST505-type 2-cable interface).

But initially, the 3.5' floppies used a 26-pin interface (13 signal lines):

http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/sony/floppy/Sony_Micro_Floppy_Disk_Drive_Model_0A-D30V_OEM_Manual_Mar82.pdf

And of course, the drives spun at 600 RPM, which was really nice if you
were used to 8" or 5.25" drives.   The Drivetek 5.25" high-capacity
drives would also spin at 600 RPM when a conventional floppy was
used--again, a nice feature.

FWIW,
Chuck



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