Date   : Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:07:17 +0200 (BST)
From   : johan@... (Johan Heuseveldt)
Subject: Possibly available: SJ FDFS

Hi Philip,

On Mon 09 Apr, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 14:53 +0200, Johan Heuseveldt wrote:
> > I assume there is space for the floppy drives in the [FDFS] case?
> > Will it cater for 2 or 4 floppy drives, and what physical format?
> > 5 1/4 or 3.5 or even a combination?
> 
> No, the floppy drives are external. 

OK.

> It has two floppy interface
> connectors, each supporting two drives, so four drives in total.

Same as (my) MDFS then.

> Originally the drives would have been 5.25", but 3.5" will work fine as
> well.

Same as well.

I was just looking for a case wich can house the four floppy drive.


> > > Then came the MDFS which could use floppies and hard
> > > drives (and a tape drive), the peak of SJ file servers.
> > 
> > I find that a bit confusing:
> > 
> >   * The HDFS is a TWO processor design. (both 6MHz Z80's)
> >   * Software is developed in a high level language. (Pascal)
> >   
> > Both seem (to me) a further step after MDFS?
> 
> It's true that the HDFS has more hardware complexity than the MDFS, but
> it was indeed an earlier unit.  In terms of software functionality the
> MDFS is considerably more advanced.

Thanks, that clear things up.
(together with other messages in the thread; thanks too)


Greetings,
Johan

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