[rescue] Re: Drive Reliability (was SCSI drive for sale atbuy.com)

[vance at neurotica.com]

No.  The ones with the narrow cardedge are MFM and work in the Model 30,
50, and 55, while the one with the wide cardedge was ESDI and worked in
the Model 70.  The one in the 30 connects to a riser connected to a
controller on the mainboard, and the other three plug into a controller
tha plugs into MCA Slot 0.  At least I think that's all right.  It's been
a while since I've seen a Model 55.

Peace...  Sridhar

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Dave McGuire wrote:

>    Not exactly...they don't plug into a system bus, they just use
> card-edge connectors for the back of the drive bays.  These drives were
> ESDI, I thought, but I could be wrong.
>
>              -Dave
>
> On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 11:50 AM, Kevin wrote:
> > Is that like the old hardcards?  ISA cards with HDs
> > mounted on them.
> >
> > Is it plugged into a MicroChannel slot or something
> > proprietary?
> >
> > /KRM
> >
> > On Wed, 14 May 2003 19:52:33 -0400
> > "Sheldon T. Hall" <shel at cmhcsys.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Speaking of now-unusual disk drive types ... I've got
> >> an "IBM PS/2 model 30 286"  The drive in it has a
> >> male "card edge" type of connection, and is an IBM
> >> Model WDL-320 ... some place at
> >> www.codemicro.com/store/prod_results.cfm/mode/5/srchparm/6128235.cfm
> >> wants$160 for one.  That's a lot for a 20 MB drive!
> >>
> >> http://members.tripod.com/mastodonpc/ibm/disks.html
> >> says it's RLL.
> >>
> >> Anybody want it?  I'm about the scrap the machine
> >> it's in....
> >>
> >> -Shel
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