17 Oct
1999
17 Oct
'99
11:09 a.m.
Bruce Lane wrote:
56's, 57's, 90's, 85's and some others come with them. 80's can use
them. Not sure if
the 286 crowd could but now I need to try it out.
Hard to tell without seeing the controller, or
knowing what flat cables
are coming off it. IBM was quite fond of using a proprietary and
oddly-wired interface that, apparently, only IBM drives could plug into.
Drives marked with a TYPE number were MFM and only 20 and 30 mb generally. The others
(mostly 50Z's) were ESDI and no type number since they auto-config with the host
adapter.
2) Can the
machine accept 2.88Mb drives (this one is purely out of interest)?
That will take a wiser head than mine to answer. I know the model 85's and
95's can, but I'm not sure about the older systems.