19 Dec
2001
19 Dec
'01
9:46 p.m.
The 70 came out ONLY with ESDI, the Reply upgrade and other aftermarket
controllers would give IDE, but not the factory. I have tons of various ESDI
drives I need to sell off too, all 3.5" from 20mb to (maybe) 120mb.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Boatman on the
River of Suck
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 8:23 AM
To: Tothwolf
Cc: Classic Computers
Subject: Re: Speaking of PS/2s...
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tothwolf wrote:
That's strange...I pulled out my old worn out books and both say the 70
shipped with IDE drives. Maybe IBM shipped the 70 with both kinds of
drives?
Have you seen these drives? They're nothing like IDE. They don't even
use the ESDI standard one-signal/two-data cables. It plugs into a
doohickey similar to the ST-506 doohickey on the Mod 50.
Peace... Sridhar
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Boatman on the River of Suck
wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tothwolf wrote:
>
> > Are you sure the drive is ESDI? I think the model 70 shipped with an
IDE
drive.
Nope, definitely ESDI.