25 Dec
1998
25 Dec
'98
1:54 p.m.
Is the hard disk on the same SCSI bus as the floppy?
Yes. When I set the floppy ID to [0], I get errors coming out the patooey.
Right. I still wonder what chips are on that interface
board...
I'll have to take it apart again. That won't be until tomorrow, though.
Now, whether you can use a different type of floppy
depends on how clever
that ROM firmware is. If it's dumb (as I expect) then it'll only work
with the SCSI->floppy card you have, and with the 360K drive. If it's a
bit more intellegent it might work with a 720K drive.
I'd say that it's fairly intelligent. In the manual, it says that a 360k
5.25", 720k 3.5", and 1.2MB 5.25" drive were available. It claims that
any
one or all the drives could be connected. It says nothing about a 1.44MB
3.5", though (were 1.44MB drives around in 1986?). It supposedly can
support 9 devices, including the internal HD. What devices, other than the
three floppies, I'm not sure.
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