[Coco] V.PAGE 46551 and 46552 drivers

L. Curtis Boyle curtisboyle at sasktel.net
Wed Jul 23 11:53:02 EDT 2008


On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:25:19 -0600, Mike 0rtloff <underserf at comcast.net>  
wrote:

>> That was an excellent
>> controller, except for no RS-DOS compatibility, and it's use of obscure
>> (even at the time) WD-1002-05 controller cards (hope I got that last
>> number right; going from foggy memory here).
>
> I understood the WD1003-WAH was the HD controller that plugged into   
> simple interface device & direct into the MPI. Found THAT one, to match  
> my 30-MEG WD HD, at my favorite electronics store
>
> Hard to find, like so?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-WD-1002-27X-8-Bit-ISA-RLL-Drive-Controller-Card_W0QQitemZ320152809926QQihZ011QQcategoryZ4193QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
>
> ;)
>
That's an XT bus card. The card the Eliminator used was MUCH bigger, and  
controlled 3 hard drives and 4 floppies off of the same board, all no halt.


-- 
L. Curtis Boyle



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