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From: kent@sun.ufnet.ufl.edu (Kent Phelps)
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Subject: Re: Three floppies??
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Date: 3 Jan 89 22:27:48 GMT
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I have a question in this area.  The 765 controller I.C. that most controllers
use is fully capable of supporting up to four devices.  Does anybody know of
a disk controller card that will allow you to connect up to fuor devices on
a straight 34-pin ribbon cable and use the drive select jumpers on the device
to say which device is which.  Old Zenith controllers in the old Z-151 model
allowed this.

In this age of 360k/720k/1.2M/1.44M/tape back-up devices,  I have had requests
to install up to four devices regularly.  The only option I have had is to use
the 37-pin external connector provided on some controllers and run the cable
back inside.  However this connector is becoming extinct (especially on AT
compatable machines).

I am interested in both 8 and 16 bit controller types.

Thanx in advance

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