Actually, if I had known you had a bid in on it, I wouldn't have bid against you... Because of my cr*ppy phone connection (no dsl/cable here) I use an online bidding service, so when I find an item, I just register it with the bidding service and forget about it... they email me at the end of the auction to let me know if I've won or lost... But to get back on topic, I can then assume that this was one of those flash-in-the-pan ANSI standards? I've been around quite a while, and I don't remember coming across this one... (and I remember MASSBUS, IPI, SMD, MFM, ESDI, and a handful of other abbreviation...) Oh well, another board for the board-archive/stack... -al- -----Original Message----- From: Al Kossow [mailto:aek@spies.com] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:49 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Emulex SC04 controller... what kind of disk does it talk to? anyone recognize this puppy? -- yup.. ANSI 8" interface I was VERY happy someone outbid me on it when I discovered what it was.. If someone has a paper copy of the X3.101 spec, i'd like to add it to the archives on spies. It appears to be based on the Shugart/Quantum 8" drive standard but on a single 50 pin connector instead of a 50 and 26.