4 Jan
2001
4 Jan
'01
9:55 p.m.
That's more like what I remember, and it aligns better with the technology I
saw in the FDD box. I don't know what went in the HDC box, since the ones I
have are complete only as far as the card cage. The PSU hardware technology
is about the same as what was in the FDD box.
The cards and rear access cover are missing so have no idea what sort of
technology was involved. I'll make new ones that cover the opening properly
and accomodate useable connectors. There will be host<=>bridge controller
cabling and controller<=>disk-drive-box cabling, so that will be a job,
particularly since the controller accomodates both floppies and hard disks.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Willing" <jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: Altair Owners ...
drive
At 05:43 PM 1/4/01 -0500, Doug wrote:
>FWIW, I think all of the Altair disk subsystems were spawned after Percom
>bought MITS. IIRC, ICOM made a third-party disk subsystem for the
Altair,
and then Percom
ended up buying ICOM around the same time they bought
MITS.
I think not... Both from memory and your timeline for Pertec's acqusition
of MITS in a later message. The Altair 8 inch floppy disk subsystem was
available in late 1975 as evidenced in a MITS catalog (shown on my web
site) and a mid-1976 price list. Although they did use Pertec floppy mechanisms.
-jim
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