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From: kwgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: can I use this with my Kaypro 10?
Summary: Xebec controller board and drive
Keywords: ST-406
Message-ID: <85300@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 07:01:18 GMT
Reply-To: kwgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Followup-To: comp.os.cpm
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	Greetings. I got some custom hard drives for peanuts. When
	I took them apart (a nice enclosure with a PS for 2 HH 
	Hard drives and a fan) I found:
	
	1 custom board (Anyone hear of 8800 buss?)
	  - Nothing interesting. It has one 50 pin connector and
	    out comes another 50 pin connector that hooks with (below)

	1 Xebec (FAB 10427 Rev 2 [(A)MLI-6] ASSY 104526) controller board
	  - This has a 50-pin input (will this work with my K10's
	    ribbon cable that connects the motherboard with the WD
	    controller?) Out comes a 34-pin drive control and 20-pin
	    data cables (ST-506)

	1 ST-406 Hard drive. Looks old - 1982ish... It's a FH 5 1/4".

	
	Now, I know that I can use the enclosure for any standard
	ST-506 drive (or 2 HH) but I want to know if I can perhaps
	connect this to any machine. Again, anyone know if the K10
	BIOS (CP/M 2.2F in general) supports Xebec controllers?
	It seems to have the same motherboard-controller cable.

	Take care.

	P.S. I asked several questions, here, about CP/M, MBASIC, and
	other stuff. Does anyone want me to summarize and post?	
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