13 Apr
2001
13 Apr
'01
3:15 p.m.
That's the drive number I was attempting to pull out of my mental rump and I
may probably have one around here as I bought a bunch of them new at one
time for rebuild use and probably have one or two still around.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Hellige
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:45 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Commodore Colt (was Re: My Collection)
You'll need a Western Digital WX-1 or similar
to throw in there.
The Colt
has an 8-bit IDE port (there were a few 20Mb and
40Mb drives to that
standard - look for "X" at the end of the Seagate/Western
Digital part
number
(as opposed to A for IDE or S or N for SCSI))
As far as I know, the 8bit IDE drives maxed out at 40meg,
with the Seagate drives jumper changable between 8 and 16bit
interfaces. They should be the same drives as used by Tandy as their
'Smartdrive' for the Tandy 1000 series that had 8bit IDE built in,
such as the TL/2 and SL/2 and above. I personally always preferred
the Seagate ST-351A/X out of the four drives available (20 and 40meg
from each WD and Seagate).
Jeff
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