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From: steve@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Steve Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Do it yourself Harddrives
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.084039.4785@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>
Date: 15 Aug 90 08:40:39 GMT
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Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA
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kevin@litle.litle.com (kevin p burke) writes:

>has anyone interfaced a pc style harddrive (mfm, rll etc) to work with a mac?
>a friend has a couple he picked up real cheap and was wondering if it could
>be done...also what is involved in writing a driver for such a beast?

It's not too bad - all you have to do is put a SCSI controller on top
of your drive, drop it into a box w/ powersupply (and old PC chassis
will work, or you can pick up a box designed for the job for about
$80), then rig the cables.  I've heard that the Adaptec controllers
are about the best.  The least expensive ones I've seen are Xebec
1410a's (recently about $200).  I used one of those for years to
interface an old Rodime 204E to an H89 CP/M-80 machine, and it worked
like a champ.  If you want to make your own cables, call Digi-Key
(800-344-4539) for the parts.  (just another satisfied customer...;{)


>Kevin P. Burke, Corporate Mystic, Litle & Co. | POB C26, Hanover, NH 03755-6000

Enjoy!

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