jdl@purdue.UUCP (Jon Loeliger) (12/02/85)
I am the *proud* owner of a Xerox 820 Big Board computer. I would like
to put some sort of floppy on it. The problems I face are simple...
First of all, I'm not sure if I have a Big Board I or II. (And what
are the differences?) Also, I am of the belief that the Monitor I have
("Xerox 820 Ver 2.0") is capable of supporting only single sided, single
density drives, either 5 or 8 inch. Right now the system has a Western
Digital 1771 drive controller, and is supposed to be able to handle any
Shugart compatible drive. (Ah, yes, the Shugart division of Xerox!)
I looked around some... I can't seem to locate anything that isn't hard
drives, and PC compatible let alone as antiquated as single sided...
I'm interested in either knowing how practically (read: cheaply) I can
convert the ROM to handle double sided and/or double density drives, or
obtaining some single sided, single denisty 8 inch drives.
If anyone has some information in this light that might be helpful, I
would appreciate it if they would mail a response to me.
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