Hi guys,
I'm toying with the idea of doing an MFM/RLL hard drive bolt-on for the
DiscFerret (seeing as the DF hardware is basically done now -- I'm just
doing a final design check before I send the PCBs off for manufacturing).
Problem is, I don't have a drive to play with.
Does anyone have any or all of the following kicking around?
- MFM or RLL hard drives. I could do with one or two of these;
anything's good, as long as it has an ST506-style interface (that is,
straight MFM/RLL with no funny business) and is believed to work. I'm
ideally aiming for something "of reputable manufacture" -- so not a
Kalok Octagon!
- Cable kit for the above. So that's the Data and Control cables --
edge connector to IDC plug.
- MFM/RLL controller to match the drive. Anything goes here -- e.g.
Western Digital WD100x series, DTC, Omti... as long as I can make it
work with the drive for long enough to format the drive and 'dd' some
data onto it. I'll even consider SCSI-to-MFM bridges if they can be
relatively easily tied to a modern PCI, PCIe or USB SCSI card (say, an
AHA2940).
I'm happy to pay reasonable market value for the above, but that doesn't
extend to paying ?390 for drive-on-its-own (read: drive that's had the
PCB removed and is basically useless) on "that online auction site"...
Thanks,
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/