19 Aug
2013
19 Aug
'13
1:08 p.m.
On Sat, 17 Aug 2013, Tony Duell wrote:
I was told the card in my P854 is an X1215 interace (and I think the few
notes I have on it -- from Philips -- say that too). The drive interface
is not SMD though.
I think RK)5s do too, and maybe some of the other
DEC drives. I am not
sure about the Philips X1215, etc, but I can easily look it up. IIRC the
I have the impression that the X1215 is just a rebadged CDC Hawk, i.e. a
normal SMD drive. At least the P825-007/P825-008 is a standard CDC module
drive (see P856M/P857M system handbook pages 17-22 to 17-25). HP7900 drive does not include the data separator,
it's in the controller.
I had considered using an RK05 or an RK03 in place of the HP drive on an
HP9880 system, this is one thing I would have to sort out (it is not
difficult!).
Me too, but the HP drives spin at 2400rpm instead of 1500rpm. You would
have to modify the controller for the lower transfer speed.