On Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 10:11 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 8/13/23 08:39, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: > > > You've amplified my point, Fred! When I saw the abomination of > > cross-over selects in the cables in the IBM PC, I knew the need for > > Field Service Engineers was coming to an end! > > > > I don't believe anything on Wikipedia anymore. When I saw them say that > > there is no such thing as a legal definition for a pint of beer in > > Canada, I got an actual legal definition from the Federal Government, > > created an account on wikipedia, and put in the correct legal definition > > with a reference to the law. (It's 568.26 ml btw - make sure you get > > that last .26ml :-) ) > > > > I week later it had been changed back to the previous text, and I could > > not get in to correct it! > > You should see the "interesting" cabling for getting three drives on a > PC controller, using only one cable. Several ISA SCSI and ESDI > controllers could accommodate this on their floppy section.. > > At least one DTC controller allowed for running 4 drives the way Al > Shugart intended--common motor, different drive selects. > The DEC Rainbow did that... insert rx50 disclaimer... I did it with 2 teac drives that both spun on any access and some early NEC computer I saw at computer land iirc... or maybe the latter just kept the drives spinning Warner --Chuck > > >
