New subject: ISO Syquest SQ306 (on eBay) / Syquest 100

17 Apr 2007

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  I have a few Burroughs Cartridges for a SyQuest 100
tapes.. any idea what
 model SyQuest drive these are for? 
They are 5.5mb removable disc cartridges, most likely for the Convergent
Miniframe. There is mention of it in R.D. Davis' FAQ

" 2.4 Were any hard drive interfaces, other than the ST-
   506, used with the Miniframe?

  From the writings of Clarence Dold, dold at rahul.net:
  No. There was a driver for the removable SyQuest 5MB cartridge, which
  was mounted as drive one, leaving the odd quirk that the machine wants
  to boot drive one rst, if one is available "

The SQ306 is, in fact, an ST506 compatible drive.

If you are able to read these, the Computer History Museum would be interested.
There is an effort within the Software Preservation Group to save CTOS software
and related hardware.

ISO Syquest SQ306 / Syquest 100