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From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Where can I get a cheap SyQuest mechanism? + General SyQuest questions
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Date: 24 Jul 90 17:26:45 GMT
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I have an old drive case w/power supply for 2 half height 5-1/4" floppy drives
and I am thinking of "rolling my own" SyQuest drive.
My questions:

 - Can I take the floppies out or my case and use the space (equivalent to a
   full height 5-1/4" drive) for a SyQuest drive?
 - Is it OK to mount a SyQuest drive vertically? (I've only seen them mounted
   horizontally)
 - Where can I get a cheap bare SyQuest mechanism with only the embedded SCSI
   controller? (preferably the newer mechs with the 20ms access time and higher
   MTBF rating, I think these have an orange LED???) How much $$$??
 - Do SyQuest drives take 5/12 VDC like standard 5-1/4" floppies?

Thanks for any help, I will post a summary if there is interest.
---jb (jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu)