[XCSSA] 5 1/4" disks.../MFM controler
X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
xcssa at xcssa.org
Sun Sep 28 14:15:30 CDT 2008
X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
> On Sep 27, 2008, at 8:56 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
> wrote:
>
>> X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
>>> Damn I had a nice picture of some floppy-disks, but the mailing list
>>> denied me as the message head was too big. Oh well. We're actually
>>> talking about the 5 1/4" floppy disks for, in this case, a C64.
>>> Although, I do have a 5 1/4" IBM MFM hard-drive lying around. It
>>> still
>>> spins up but I don't have an MFM controller card. I kinda wanted to
>>> record the sounds it makes one of these days :)
>>>
>>>
>> I have an MFM controller card, and you are welcome to it.
>
> That'd be awesome! But I still need an old PC to drive it since I'm
> sure your MFM controller is ISA. I'll keep it in mind though in case I
> ever do run into old hardware (it's a shame, I gave the oldest PC I
> had away to Goodwill about 6 months ago)
>
> Tim
>
I have a motherboard with isa slots and an intel 333mhz slot1 (and it
came from Storey as well) if you want it.
Sam
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