Date   : Sun, 15 May 2005 13:04:52 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: 8

On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 12:28 +0100, BeebMaster wrote:
> They arrived with a bundle of other rubbish I received recently.  There
are about 6 of them and I
> would like to try them out.

Remember that typically you'll need a +24V PSU to drive an 8" drive as
well as +5V. I'm not sure if the beeb could handle hard-sectored disks
either (if that's what you have)

> P.S. I have an 8" drive but its in an ICL Perq - which I wouldn't
> want to dismantle; even though it didn't boot properly last time I
> tried.

Ooh, what PERQ? No schematics I take it? 

cheers

Jules