22 Aug
2001
22 Aug
'01
1:45 a.m.
The BASF 6106 is a FDD. I've got one or two in the pit somewhere, but they're
half-high 5-1/4" drives with full-height fronts on them. They have a door that
opens if you push on the bottom.
It's an SA400 look/work-alike, methinks. Though I've got the doc's somewhere,
I
haven't looked at 'em since the late '70's.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: TRS80 help needed
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Charles E. Fox wrote:
>
>
> I have just been given a Model One (which I haven't got into yet,)
> and a Model 4, along with some manuals and drives.
> One of the external drives is a BASF Model 6106, would this by
> chance be an early hard drive? It is built like a full height floppy, but
> there is no place to put one! Any information on it would be much
appreciated.
If it could be a BASF 6186, it would be a 15mb ST-506 MFM drive with 4
Hds, 440 Cyl, and 17 SPT. RWC and WPC are both at 220. Drive is 5.25"
Full High.
- don
> The Model 4 is suffering from a bad keyboard, (dead except for
> reset button,) and is working with one borrowed from another Model 4. Does
> anyone have information on it? It is not covered in the 4 technical
> reference manual.
> I haven't been able to get the 4 to recognize drive "1". I
have
> five full height floppies on hand, and all will work OK as drive "0", but
> not as drive "1". I have checked the cable and it has the required
missing
> contacts, "12, 14, 32" for "0" and "10, 14, 32" for
"1", but still no
action.
I
can't find any jumpers on the Texas Peripherals drives, am I
missing something?
Thanks
Charlie Fox
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