17 Aug
1998
17 Aug
'98
4:11 a.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
Wow. I didn't know that anybody besides Commodore ever used XT IDE. I have
a couple of WD-98???-X drives, one in a Commodore Colt that I use for ROM
burning. IIRC, WD made 20Mb and 40Mb XT IDE before moving on to AT IDE.
Commodore even designed-in an XT-IDE port on their A2091 and A590 disk
controllers for the A2000 and A500, respectively. The A590 did ship with
20Mb XT drives; the A2091 did not have the 40 pin connector soldered in place.
It does work; I have retrofitted one. They are slow.
And, yes, the ST251/251-1 are both MFM. I use them on ancient DEC hardware.
-ethan
Jason writes:
He needs an IDE and IIRC the St251 and 251-1 are MFM. Another setback is it's HD. It's a 20MB
Western digital -
and slow as a turtle. Does anyone, by any chance, have a spare
XT-compatible IDE HD without a stepper motor driving the heads??
ThAnX,
--
-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
ICQ#-1730318
Try an ST-251-1. It's the voice-coil version of the ST-251 and clocks in
at 28ms. You can't have mine. I use them on uVAXen.