On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 05:39AM, Ben Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Ben. I yield to your superior knowledge of the minutae of SCSI. However, as you pointed out, Mac's never had 'em. The whole idea of a technology (SCSI) that at it's slowest (5 MB/sec) is hundreds of times faster than the ability of the drive (floppy) to write data is kinda weird. Thanks for the info. John > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: PCI PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf >> Of John Wilson >> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 8:24 PM >> To: PCI PowerMacs >> Subject: Re: sourcing out 6360 floppy drive >> >> >> No such thing as a SCSI floppy. Like the first response said, >> dedicated bus and cable, drivers are in the ROM which is why you >> can boot from a floppy in older Mac's. John >> > >Yes there is!! >HP used SCSI floppies in some of their machines, I think a few other server >units may have also used them, however I don't believe that any Mac's ever >used them. >From memory the floppy drives used a standard Sony mechanism with a SCSI >interface board bolted to the underneath, they also had motorised eject like >the Mac ones. >Unfortunately I never got hold of a spare one to try in a Mac. >Ben.
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