-----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey l Kaneko <jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Free NCR tower in Miami FL. SMILE when you say that, pahdnuh! That cookbook design is what made the microwinchester drive so simple to include that anyone with two grey cells and a little PLL knowledge could put together a winchester interface. That's why they became so cheap. It was the only way to do your own controller at a competitive price for several years, until SMC brought out their 9224 chip. Unfortunately, by that time the patent on RLL recording had expired, so everybody wanted RLL. Dick