22 May
1998
22 May
'98
2:06 p.m.
D. Peschel wrote:
A while ago I got a Kaypro 4'84 system for free and have been trying to bring
it back to a state of stability and usefulness. The system as a whole was in
good shape; my problems have been with the disk drives.
I have two spare drives; one is evidently SSDD and the
other is DSDD -- I have
not tested them. Only the DSDD drive is really suitable. These are, IIRC,
96-tpi MFM drives. They are made by TEC. (Not the same as TEAC, I suppose.)
_Maybe_ a Kaypro 4 can use 96-TPI drives, but I wouldn't bet the
ranch. You want 48 tpi drives - real DD, not 96 tpi, QD or worse
HD. There are a gagload of such drives available, gut any 8088
PC you find at the curbside.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_