Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:55:31 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Type 0665? This is 5.25" FH IBM HD, on topic. :)
my june94 ref guide suggests this is a 30meg hard drive for an IBM AT. FRU
8286216. not worth much, but fascinating to take apart!
'Not worth much'? This is classiccmp, isn't it? There are plenty of machines
out there that are not PCs but which use ST506-type hard disks. And unlike
PCs you can't just drop an IDE or SCSI card into them (well, unless _you_
have a source of IDE interfaces for PERQs or Professionals or Daybreaks
or...).
IMHO, therefore, any working ST506 drive should be preserved. It may not
be useful in a PC, but it certainly can be useful in other machines.
Heck, some of us are working out ways to repair broken hard disks in
these machines.
-tony
Huh!? Someone said that hd is dump?! NOT!...
As long as it stay working I will gonna find someone who will
appeciate them. I prefer coil voice drives because they are better
quality built and reliable. Stepper types is out and many I saw is
right now dying or already dead.
Just moments ago, I pulled up a MFM controller, a fake 486 in a 386dx
board cached, bunch of cables and such with that '0665 hd and picked
type 20 (733/5/17). To my greatest surprise it booted even HD top
casing is thin drawn aluminum can and looked bit battered!
Now looking for a mouse to play with the old crusty windows I think
this one is pre 2.x on DOS 3.2!
When done, backed up some data if anyone is of any interest in
s/w. After that, plan to reformat it, spinrite'ed with 3.5 ver and
passed, I will post it here for trade.
BTW, I think I might have lot of old HH 5.25" IDE #94204-71, What
model I can sub that circuit board for MFM or ESDI from other drives?
This is because of your machines on that mailing list!
Jason D.
email: jpero(a)cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.