26 Mar
1998
26 Mar
'98
7:58 a.m.
SyQuest?
Can you see if you have a lever above
the disk slot besides a button?
Use of this drive goes like this: Insert the disk, move the lever to
lock it in, to eject, poke that button, the lever will pop free, move
it to push the cartidge out.
When mounting or unmounting during after locking or ejecting the
light slowly speeds up to rapid blinking then out, ready. :)
That's SyQuest, nice HD type technology long as it's working!!
Jason D.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe [SMTP:rigdonj@intellistar.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 10:28 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: What is this? AST 88 Mb drive
I picked up an external drive in a bunch of computer parts. Can anyone
identify it? It looks like a Bernoulli or Syquest drive but is marked "AST
Technologies" and "88 MB C". It's the same size as a Bernoulli
Transportable drive and the cartridge looks like it is *almost* the same
size as a Bernoulli 90 Mb (but it's not!) It has two 50 pin SCSI
connectors
on the back along with a socket for a power cord and two AC outlets. It
included a SCSI cable that has a male DB-25 connctor on the other end.
What kind of cartridge does this take? Is it worth bothering with?
Joe