On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, David Griffith wrote:
I recently sold a Qumetrak 842 8-inch floppy drive to
a fellow who's
restoring a CMI vintage synthesizer. He says that this particular model
is what the synth uses. Can anyone think of a reason why he couldn't use
some other model of drive as long as it's capable of reading DSDD media?
lack of complete standardization of power supply voltages and connectors
lack of complete standardization of mounting hole locations
obscure feature/jumper combinations
esthetics of matching appearance of adjacent drive
desire to retain original appearance
we once had a nasty go-round with Merganthaler about service with an
"after-market" drive installed