Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!nebulus!contact!rasmus
From: rasmus@contact.uucp (Rasmus Lerdorf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Drive cards
Keywords: hard drive floppy WD Plenty Perl
Message-ID: <1989Nov21.230217.4669@contact.uucp>
Date: 22 Nov 89 04:02:16 GMT
Reply-To: rasmus@contact.UUCP (Rasmus Lerdorf)
Organization: Contact User Supported BBS
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I have the following equipment:
1 generic XT clone with a NEC V20 chip
1 ST238 drive
1 WD1002A-27X controller card
1 Plenty Perl card.
1 360K 5.25 floppy drive

First, does anyone know of this Plenty Perl card?  It has a game port, a
printer port and it looks like there are 2 serial ports on it as well,
although only one is installed.  I also have a 360K 5.25 floppy attached to
the Plenty Perl card.  I know I can hook a second 360K floppy drive to this
card because the cables are all in place for this.  Does anyone know if I can
put a 1.2 Meg 5.25 or even a 3.5 1.44 Meg drive on the card as my drive B?
And who the heck makes this card?  The only thing that seems to distinguish it
is a little "Plenty Perl" label written on the board itself.  Also, on the
same board there is a large 40 pin empty socket labeled U10 8250.  If I were
to stick an 8250 in that socket, what would happen?

Part 2.  I know the WD1002A-27X controller will support a second hard drive.
Will I have any problems hooking up an old ST412 to the controller in addition
to the ST238 that I already have on it?  It is just a question of getting a
ribbon cable that jumps from the ST238 to the ST412 and then hooking up that
smaller cable to the card?  (Yeah, I am getting really technical with my terms
here.. ;)  Need I worry about my 180W power supply driving these additional
drives?
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