Commodore Colt (was Re: My Collection)

I probably have a suitable WDC or Seagate somewhere around here for it but have to check. I know I have a ton of Seagate ST-3250A's but have to see what I have in the XT line - may even have a box full of working Minscribe's somewhere in storage, although finding an 80 might be a chance in a million. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:10 PM > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Commodore Colt (was Re: My Collection) > > > --- Eric Chomko &lt;chomko(a)greenbelt.com&gt; wrote: > > Thanks for the info. I think I have an old ST225 around someplace. > > > > Eric > > You'll need a Western Digital WX-1 or similar to throw in there. The Colt > has an 8-bit IDE port (there were a few 20Mb and 40Mb drives to that > standard - look for "X" at the end of the Seagate/Western Digital > part number > (as opposed to A for IDE or S or N for SCSI)) > > If you _have_ an 80-bit MFM controller, it's probably easier to > find an MFM > drive. I don't recall if there's room for a 5.25" hard disk in the box if > you have two floppies - the XT-IDE drives are all 3.5" > > After getting through all of _that_, it'll be a decent little XT for you. > I think it's <CNTL><ALT>T for Turbo mode and <CNTL><ALT>S for > regular (slow) > mode. The machine will beep at different frequencies, using a > CPU delay loop, > to indicate which speed it's at. > > Enjoy, > > -ethan > > > > ===== > Even though my old e-mail address is no longer going to > vanish, please note my new public address: erd(a)iname.com > > The original webpage address is still going away. The > permanent home is: http://penguincentral.com/ > > See http://ohio.voyager.net/ for details. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/