28 Oct
1999
28 Oct
'99
8:16 a.m.
for which is a model MDS-A4. He wants to know about
whether it is capable
of handling 8" drives. I didn't think to ask whether it had a 50-pin cable
NO WAY. It would be very difficult to mod for any other hard sector
format or 8" drives.
header on it. That would have been too easy. My
recollection is that
NorthStar systems had a hard-sectored 5-1/4" drive, usually from Micropolis,
attached, and that one was pretty dense, but wouldn't do CP/M-standard
Shugart or Tandon, rarely micropolus unless added later by the owner.
(IBM-3740 SSSD) diskettes. Is that the case with this
controller?
You need a soft sectord controller for that.
Allison