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- From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
- Subject: Re: 8" disk drives
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.163926.10024@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Originator: clf3678@ultb
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- References: <1993Jan6.190520.15391@neb>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:39:26 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.190520.15391@neb> bbs@neb (BBS System 801-572-4969) writes:
- >I'm well aware of what the MIO can handle. What I'm curious about is if
- >there were some form of adapter I could use to convert the floppy
- >connector (on this 8" drive, its a *50* pin connector) to the hard drive
- >port on my MIO. I'm sure there HAS to be a way. 50 pin is 50 pin!
-
- Floppy drives and hard drives are VERY different creatures. You would
- NEVER be able to run that 8 inch floppy off of a SCSI port.
-
- There are two ways you can run that 8 inch floppy on your 8-bit:
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- 1) With an ATR-8000
- 2) With a CSS Black Box that has the Floppy Board upgrade. The Floppy
- Board will let you run pretty much any floppy drive on the 8-bit,
- including 1.44MB and 1.2MB high density.
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- _______________________________________________________________________
- || Chris Freemesser, RIT Comp.Eng.Tech. I'd rather have a bottle ||
- || "A professional college student" :^) In front of me..... ||
- || Usenet: clf3678@ultb.rit.edu .....than have a frontal ||
- || GEnie: C.FREEMESSER L O B O T O M Y ! ! ! ||
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