13 Feb
1999
13 Feb
'99
3:16 p.m.
<drives, normally packaged externally to the cardcage, was most often a
<50-pin flat cable, though a 37 could have handled the task if you didn't
<mind that there was not a ground for every signal. The early FDD's were
True.
<typically hard sectored and used more signals than were required by the
<later models.
Not always true. If the FDD internal data seperator was used hard sector
added 0 (sector holes in same cylinder as hub) or one line (sector holes at
perimeter) depending on model.
<The insides of the ALTAIR FDD box were not simple and clean like their
<successors.
Not really. It was pretty vanilla. the board set was a horror. ;)
Allison