On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 4:06 PM Jay Jaeger via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/20/2021 6:59 AM, Eric Moore wrote: > > > > > > >> 11) ESDI disk emulator > > > > > > I am not aware of any such beasties in the wild. MFM, yes, but I > > haven't seen ESDI. I would love for such a thing to exist, > > thinking of my Apollo, 3B2 and IBM RT/PC workstations. > > > > I’d also love to have one of these, preferably using SD or CF > > cards. The Webster WQESD/04 card is a fantastic card, it’s only > > downfall is that it works with ESDI drives, rather than SCSI, and > > they’re big and loud. :-) > > > > Zane > > > > > > http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php <http://www.datexdsm.com/ESDI.php> is > > what I was thinking of. There are a couple other commercial models out > > there on offer, no one seems to have one though in the discord or > > apparently here :) > > > > -Eric > > > > > > I fear these, as well as those shown on one or two other websites, are > vapor-ware. The MFM emulators all seem out of stock, the ESDI emulator > (DWX750) "documentation" is not even a page - just a "blurb". > > I had a similar experience with a set of emulators made by Arraid -- LCM inquired about one of their SMD emulators ( https://www.arraid.com/data-storage-products/product/aem-1.html) and the response we got was "we can no longer source the parts to manufacture these, we have a few remaining in stock that we will sell for $10,000 a piece." We did not purchase one. I suspect that even if you could find someone to sell you one of these emulators, they would be extremely expensive. I have never seen one for sale on the used market. If you find one, consider yourself lucky. If anyone *DOES* have one of these SMD emulators and wants to find a new home for it, do drop me a line. - Josh > JRJ >
