[XCSSA] 5 1/4" disks.../MFM controler

X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio xcssa at xcssa.org
Sat Sep 27 21:46:53 CDT 2008


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



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