26 Jun
2012
26 Jun
'12
9:43 a.m.
On 6/26/12 9:23 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 06/26/2012 12:06 PM, Dave Wade wrote:
I think the time may come when its needed. I have some IBM 3174s with
ST225 MFM drives which are dying.
I agree. MFM drives have dried up very quickly, and prices are
rising. The only place I can still find them cheaply is hamfests, where
people are still clueless about their value.
-Dave
Seagate half height 5" is well past its use by date. These are really needed
for 8" Quantum 20x0 replacements. Q2080's were marginal 15 years ago. I
don't
think I have any that are left working in my Xerox 8010s.
Does anyone know of any adaptors to fit a
"modern" drive (be it IDE,
SCSI, ATA, CompactFlash etc) into a machine with an ST-506/412
interface?
There are none right now. How much would you be willing to spend on
an assembled and tested board? There has been discussions on doing one
for years and I would guess it would be about $300 to make.