16 Feb
1999
16 Feb
'99
12:33 a.m.
This may well have been the case. It happens that Microcmputer Systems
Corp. which later became XEBEC (remember them???) put out their first
microwinchester disk interface for a 5 mbps drive with up to 16 heads
interfaced via HPIB. It was purported to be compatible with HP machines.
It happens I've got one of these early controllers, which has never been
used, if anyone's interested.
Dick
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From: Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Floppy/Parallel Ports
Date: Monday, February 15, 1999 10:17 PM
> Does anyone know of any early (pre-1990) computers, other than the
early
> Toshibas, that used the parallel port to access
an external floppy
drive
(or other
external storage device)? Thanks!
(-: Roger, that's a very foolish thing to say on Classiccmp. For
An "Early" computer does _not_ mean "pre-1990". More like
"pre-1960".
Lots of pre-1990 machines used a parallel port to talk to floppy disk
drives. HP and Commodore machines used HPIB/GPIB for example. And yes,
that was the printer port on those machines too.
Need I go on?
Philip. :-)
(I think someone else has already given a sensible answer, so I have no
qualms about posting the above)