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- From: thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram)
- Subject: Re: Do any SCSI controllers support 2.88 meg floppies?
- Message-ID: <Bzos89.11J@aeon.in-berlin.de>
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- References: <1992Dec8.051640.11352@umr.edu> <1992Dec8.132649.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:33:44 GMT
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- In <1992Dec8.132649.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> jhwhit01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec8.051640.11352@umr.edu>, lin@franklin.ee.umr.edu (Austin Lin) writes:
- >>
- >> I'm looking for a SCSI-2 controller for my Maxtor LXT213S hard drive
- >> that I can use with a CD-ROM drive in the future. In addition, if
- >> at all possible, I would like the controller to handle all floppies,
- >> including the quad density 3.5" drives out today. Does such a
- >> beast exist, or will I have to buy a separate floppy controller
- >> for the 2.88?
- >
- >There are SCSI floppy drives that support the 2.88 Meg format. If you can find
- >a SCSI controller with the driver software for 2.88 Meg SCSI drives, then you
- >will be able to use those disks. If you are looking for a SCSI card with an
- >MFM controller built-in that controls 2.88 Meg MFM drives (non-SCSI), I think
- >you won't find it.
- >
- >Jeff White jhwhit01@ulkyvx.bitnet
-
- I think the new Bustek 545S supports 2.88MB Floppys? BTW, does somebody
- already use this beast, maybe under ISC UNIX, 386BSD or Linux?
-
- Merry Christmas,
- Thomas
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