12 Oct
2000
12 Oct
'00
6:58 a.m.
Hi Zane,
This machine has "What looks like" a normal floppy cable. It is not SCSI. I
don't really _need_ a floppy but the machine has a big hole in the front where
a floppy went and someone removed it. They left the cable though. I would like
to mount a floppy here just in case it's needed and to close the hole. :^)
I tried the only old floppy I had laying around. The light stayed on on the
front. I don't know if that means it worked or it didn't. I didn't have time
to
do much else with it and I didn't have any OS media to try out. I only have VMS
for my VAXen and I don't have True64Unix. Don't mention WinNT for Alpha.
I guess I'll experiment some more...
Thanks for the reply!
Mike N.
"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
Hi All!
Quick question. Does the Digital Alphastation 255 take a regular ( as in
PC type ) floppy disk drive? Is there a special DEC FD drive I need to
get? I have a part number for the FD from DEC but the part description
doesn't tell me anything and the purchase price for the item is about
what you would expect for a PC type floppy drive buying direct from a
manufacturer.
Any help is appreciated...
Thanks...
Mike N.
Does it have a SCSI connector or a floppy connector? Do you have the old
floppy? For that matter why do you actually need the floppy, there might
be ways of getting around using it.
The AlphaStation 200 and 255 are supposed to be a lot alike, I just popped
the hood on one of my 200's and it's got a RX23L, which looks a lot like a
normal PC floppy drive to me. I'd say if you've got one laying around give
it a try.
Zane
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