24 Nov
2014
24 Nov
'14
9:07 a.m.
On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Jules Richardson wrote:
They probably are; it seemed weird that Osborne went
with the non-standard
drives for the Osborne 1 - I'm not sure what the benefit was supposed to
be. Sure, they probably saved a buck on a power harness, but I don't know
if that negates the hassle of getting custom drive units made.
We should ask Lee!
Perhaps it was to save money?
Or some plans for later expansion?
At the time, Apple had been using their own boards on SA390 drives (an
SA400, without the board)
Well if it comes to it I'm sure we can figure out
something when the OCC1 I
have finds its way to you. But I expect that the Vixen uses DD by default
though, doesn't it? In which case - if the Vixen drives aren't anything
weird - you should be able to hook one up to a PC and write some media; any
old PC FDC should handle it.
[with appropriate software]
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com