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Item 61: MFM hard drive/floppy drive controller cards

Entered by robh on Mon Jul 8 21:37:27 1996:

  These computer cards were donated to Grex by Dominant Systems
of Ann Arbor.  I haven't tested any of them, and don't know
whether they work or not.
 
  Minimum bid $2 per card...buy a couple to increase the odds of
getting one that works!  You can pick them up at my place (SE
Ann Arbor) or at a board meeting, but if you need them shipped,
add an extra $4 per order when you send a check.
 
    Twelve (12) MFM hard drive/floppy drive controller cards
6 responses total.
#1 of 6 by robh on Mon Jul 8 21:37:44 1996:

To avoid the maintenance nightmare of the computer book item,
we're putting each type of card in a different item.

#2 of 6 by fredpett on Fri Jul 12 23:43:47 1996:

will these work in any 8 bit slot in any kind of a computer?

#3 of 6 by popcorn on Mon Jul 15 13:29:27 1996:

Dunno, Fred, but you could probably get one or two really cheaply and see if
it works.


All 12 cards are still available for bidding....

#4 of 6 by ajax on Mon Jul 15 19:21:40 1996:

Good question.  There seem to be both 8-bit and 16-bit cards.  The 8-bit
cards should work in any PC.  Note that these are MFM hard drive controllers,
which connect to old-style MFM hard drives, not newer IDE hard drives.

#5 of 6 by kaplan on Fri Jul 19 02:07:01 1996:

Am I remembering right that if there are both IDE and MFM controllers in the
same computer at the same time, only one can work?

#6 of 6 by ajax on Sat Jul 20 05:32:29 1996:

Never tried it, but it seems exceedingly likely that you can't use both.

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