31 Jan
2003
31 Jan
'03
12:09 p.m.
The connector on the 5.25" external disk drive for a GRiDCase 3 uses the
"expansion connector" on the computer. IIRC the drive has one on the
top of the drive case and one on the bottom, both at the back and they
can pivot 90 degrees or so. They are meant to allow more than one
peripheral to be stacked, the bottom connector of one mating to the top
of the other. At one end there would be a cable that went to the
computer. It isn't SCSI, but more likely similar to a pre-ISA (like
maybe the 8-bit one) bus connector. Other peripherals included a hard
drive, but I can't remember what else.
Lawrence Walker wrote:
On 30 Jan 2003, , Dan Veeneman wrote:
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Dave Mabry dmabry(a)mich.com
Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team
NACD #2093
At 12:25 AM 1/30/03 +0000, you wrote:
I'd be happy to make copies for people if that would help.
I have one of these drives as well as a regular 5.25" and
a 3.5. I think it's a SCSI fdd. I don't have a SCSI module
for my Grid 1520 to test it on unfortunately. Hoping one
will turn up some day. I think the Gridcase 3 had that
connector on it.
Lawrence
lgwalker@ mts.net
.
FWIW none of my Grids have a floppy drive. The
floppy drive
is external and I've never been able to find one.
I've got one that you can see here:
http://www.decodesystems.com/help-wanted/index.html#griddisc
Unfortunately, all I have is the drive. No cables, power
supply or manual.
Cheers,
Dan