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From: wilko@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (W.C. Bulte)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: info on Ampex SMD drive wanted
Keywords: Ampex SMD disk wanted
Message-ID: <1117@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 7 Feb 91 14:09:44 GMT
Organization: Philips Information Systems, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
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I am looking for information on an Ampex SMD diskdrive type# DFR-996,
model# MKM0800C006. This is an SMD drive, with (it seems) 80Mbyte fixed and
16Mbyte removable 14" platters. All info on this drivetype is welcome, and
specifically on the driveselect plug. This drive select plug is also the 
drive number indicator on the frontpanel (for those familiar with DEC drives 
well known). Of course, this plug is missing... :-( The frontpanel sports
a horizontal rectangular slit, with a row of contacts on the upper and lower
edge, in which the drive sel plug is placed. We would like to know how 
to hot-wire these contacts to get this going.

(No flames please on obsolete disks, this is used for a no-budget, eh low-
budget non-profit organisation. We hope to connect it to our Sun-2
workstations (which we got for free, but without disks))

Help appreciated
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