sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) (01/04/84)
I just obtained a Seagate ST-506 hard disk at a fairly good price, and I am now faced with the prospect of interfacing it to my Radio Shack Color Computer running OS-9. I don't expect to find any Color Computer hard disk interfaces for sale in the aftermarket, so I would like to hack up a home-brew CoCo-bus-to-generic-hard-disk interface. A hard disk controller using the SASI bus would be fine, if it can handle the ST-506 signals, but I will entertain any controller which could be hooked up to the CoCo bus (pretty vanilla, but non-standard) using a minimum of extra logic. Low cost is an important consideration, though I may have to compromise here. Anyone have any suggestions for a controller? Anyone recommend any particular companies (manufacturers or distributors)? Anyone want to buy an unused ST-506 Winnie? (heh, heh, just kidding, so far...) -- /Steve Dyer decvax!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbncca
rpw3@fortune.UUCP (01/09/84)
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fortune!rpw3 Jan 9 03:30:00 1984
SASI-to-ST506 controllers are very common, and cheap. Some names
(no endorsements meant) are Xebec, DTC, Shugart, Western Digital, etc.
A typical OEM quantity one price is around $300. You'd have no trouble
if you lived in the Bay area. If not,...?
Rob Warnock
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