24 May
1999
24 May
'99
11:29 a.m.
"Jason (the General)" <roblwill(a)usaor.net> wrote:
Talking about ST 506's, I have an old 5 MB one.
It spins up, but I need
a
controller for it. The only XT MFM controller I have is a WD XT-GEN, and
they don't work with the 506's.
Anyone have a spare controller that they don't need? Preferably an old
IBM??
Hi
As far as I know, the PC issue with the 5MB is a data format
issue and has nothing to do with the controller. I use
a XT controller with my NC4000 chip but I don't use the ROM
that came with it since it obviously doesn't run 8086 code.
As I recall, it was were the second copy of the directory
was placed that required a minimum of 10 Meg. Of course,
I could be wrong here.
Dwight
PS Tony
Yes I was talking about a 5 Meg'er. Sorry if I confused things.
Still, many older drives should still be properly parked.