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From: anderson@udder.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SCSI & MFM ???  HELP...!
Keywords: SCSI MFM controller card
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Date: 5 Jun 90 03:38:19 GMT
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In article <1990Jun5.024609.15000@agate.berkeley.edu> c60a-1ed@e260-3f (Shang-Tse Chuang) writes:
]I have a dilemma here, and need help...
]
]Someone, in a previous posting, said that it may be possible to use SCSI
]drives with MFM?  I was wondering if this is possible...
]
]I have a 71MB full-height MFM drive installed on a 2FD/2HD controller
]card... I have a half-height free, in which I would like to install a
]removable media drive (25 ms, using 40MB cartridges), since I find 71 megs
]very cramped...  The problem lies in that this removable media drive is 
]a SCSI interface...   Now, how would I go about using this, while still
]keeping my HD?  If there is no inexpensive solution, is there a removable
]media (half-height) that I can use with my MFM controller???  I don't mind 
]access time too much, as long as it's not too slow (< 40ms preferred)
]anything between 20-40 MB cartridges are fine...
]
]thanks for any/all help...

You can certainly get a SCSI drive controller that will
coexist with your current MFM controller with no problems
(e.g., WD 7000FASST), but it's not cheap; if I recall,
mine was $479.  But you can hang up to 7 SCSI devices
on it.  Of course, you also get speed if you locate a
fast drive at an agreeable price.


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