6 Sep
2012
6 Sep
'12
11:04 p.m.
On Thu, 6 Sep 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
With this particular machine, yes, it is a first-generation Compaq Deskpro
(Intel 8086) with 8-bit ISA slots.
I'm in the same boat with even my SGI IRIS 1400. Replacing the Vertex v170
ST412/506 drive with anything else would (at this point) be nearly
impossible.
Tothwolf wrote:
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/05/18
The sad part is I could very much -use- a ST225
in good condition right
now (...and I suspect I'm not the /only/ one). As it is, I'll be
replacing
Indeed, I could... a nearly dead
ST225 drive and its controller with an XT-IDE and a
CompactFlash card once I get board assembled. It might not be
"original" but it'll likely far outlast the failing ST225.
That's a perfectluy good soltuion _if the drive is in a PC/XT or
similar). It's no good (AFAIK) if the drive is in some other machine
which happens to have an ST412-compatible drive interface (looking
around me, I see a DEC RAinbow, a PRO35, the external hard disk box for
my TRS-80 Model 4, a Xerox Daybreak, a PERQ, a couple of HP drive units,
etc all of which fall into that category...)