7 Apr
2003
7 Apr
'03
5:50 p.m.
On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Joe wrote:
At 03:41 PM 4/7/03 -0700, you wrote:
I expect that you're right. But it definitely appears to be connected an an IBM
controller card. Interesting tidbit; the controller has BOTH data cables installed on it
even though there's only one hard drive. The cables are stacked one on top of the
other and taped together. I think this is the only time that I've ever seen a
controller that came with two data cables.
FINALLY got the drive out! Two screws on the side (inside side,
of course!) had backed out partially and jammed it up good. The
drive is a ST 238R (32Mb) so it's definitely not an original
drive.
Interesting question is whether it is being used as a 21mb MFM
drive or as a 33mb RLL. My guess would be 21mb.
- don
On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Joe wrote:
My mistake. It IS on the same controller. It didn't look like it till I got it
apart.
I picked up an old IBM XT today and it has a
3.5" floppy drive in it
(and it works!) Anybody ever heard of this?
Presumably, that is a 720K drive (subject to what the extra controller
is). IBM sold internal and external 720Ks for the XT. To do it their
way, you need PC-DOS 3.20 or newer, and need to do a DRIVER.SYS in
CONFIG.SYS. But you could also use a 720K with certain OEM
(NON-IBM) versions of MS-DOS 2.11.
And the PC-JX (not available in U.S.) was available with 720K drives.
The drive has it's own
controller card and both it and the drive appear to be IBM parts. )I
haven't pulled everything apart to be sure.) FWIW the computer also
Do you mean that it is NOT connected to the same controller as the
5.25" drive? has a FH 5 1/4" floppy drive and a HH 5
1/4" 10 Mb hard drive with a
Seagate logo on the front of it. Anybody know if this is an original
XT hard drive or a replacement drive? It's been so long since I've
seen an original XT with the 10 Mb drive that I don't remember much
about it.
Which model Seagate? It is likely to be an aftermarket drive.
Joe
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