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From: floyd@noscvax.UUCP (Robert W. Floyd)
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Subject: SA465 disk drives from P1
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 15:13:15 EDT
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	Recently a friend of mine purchased a SA465 double sided,
	96 TPI 51/4 floppy drive from Priority 1 for $99.  He swore
	it was the best drive he ever had, so I oredered one also.
	I received it six days after I 'phoned in the order (not
	bad for Hawaii).  As soon as it arrived, I whipped up a floppy
	disk controller using a Western Digital 1770 FDC, which took
	all of three chips, on my Motorola 68000 educational computer
	board (ECB).  There was about 50Hex bytes not used on the ECB
	monitor PROM(Version1.2), so I burned a small primary boot
	program in the PROM.

	From this I assert:

	1.  There are at least two very satisfied P1 customers.

	2.  An SA465 for $99 is an excellent buy.

	3.  The WD1770 makes developing a floppy disk controoler very easy.

	
	These are my own opinions and do not necessarily represent those,
	if any, of my employer.  I am not in any way affiliated with
	Shugart, Western Digital, Motorola, or Priority 1. 

		"On a clear disk you can seek forever"
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