Date   : Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:41:07 -0000
From   : chris@... (Chris Johns)
Subject: Possibly available: SJ FDFS

> SJ started with file server code running on a MZ80. Then came the
> FDFS, a floppy disk only dedicated file server. Then came the
> HDFS, the Hard Disk File Server, a hard drisk only dedicated file
> server. Then came the MDFS which could use floppies and hard
> drives (and a tape drive), the peak of SJ file servers.

The HDFS had a tape drive too. From memory it took DC600A tapes.

You have the FDFS and the HDFS the wrong way around, the HDFS came out
before the FDFS. The FDFS an attempt to make a cheaper server than the
HDFS, which cost a small fortune.

The MDFS was a cheaper / newer version of the HDFS, using new technology
such as SCSI. It also was a lot ligher than the HDFS :)

I don't think the HDFS ever had the econet "millenium bug" fixed, but I
don't think any were still in use in 1996. I used to have one once upon
a time.
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Chris Johns <chris@...             >