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OK, ok, I see that the Extra-Chunky interface is the STANDARD SCSI Hard/CD-ROM interface....now, why won't my SCSI interface read the sucker?<br><br>
... must get back to my POD-PC interface project, must avoid distractions....<br><br>
John :-#)#<br><br>
At 02:56 PM 15/04/2002 +0100, Chris Hardy wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi guys..<br><br>
Dave Langley obtained a set of unused system floppy disks from Fluke (in<br>
Holland I think), which I have here sitting on my desk.<br><br>
Dave was slowly duplicating them on his 9100a before it died, so I offered<br>
to duplicate them here at work. (We have a industrial floppy duplicator<br>
which was used when games came out on floppies instead of disks..).<br><br>
The other reason was that it takes about 30 seconds to copy a disk instead<br>
of 10 minutes<br><br>
Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to check that the disks are ok.. (and I<br>
have concerns that I may have accidently wiped one of them.. Sorry Dave!!)<br><br>
I'll take them home tonight and check that they are readable on the 9100a I<br>
have, if I can work out how to read them using it!..<br><br>
Also, while I'm at it, AFAIK the 9100a harddrive setup is basically a ESDI<br>
(SCSI forerunner) to MFM ST225 interface. I suspect that ESDI is not<br>
compatible with a std SCSI interface, and I wasn't really game to try it out<br>
as this 9100a is on loan to me.<br><br>
Now, if anyone can find an old AT or XT ST225 harddrive board it should be a<br>
fairly simple process of sector by sector reading the drive. Of course,<br>
finding another drive to put it one is another question altogether.<br><br>
I don't think the "Programmers Keyboard" is as simple as it seems.. You<br>
maybe able to connect up a keyboard, but there is still no way of displaying<br>
the information without a display card that plugs into the 9100a. I'm think<br>
there is a picture of the whole setup in one of the manuals on spies.<br><br>
Chris Hardy<br><br>
PS BTW One of the useful additions of the 9100a is that it will do bitwise<br>
memory tests.. Great for 2114's and SI boards<br>
PSS I'm not going to be able to reply to emails after Wednesday this week as<br>
I'm going to be on holiday for a month<br><br>
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