Date   : Thu, 29 Nov 1990 10:15:45 GMT
From   : csusac!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu (Ian Justman)
Subject: Hard drive for Kaypro II?

tynor@prism.gatech.EDU (Steve Tynor) writes:

> Can anyone tell me if/how I can put a 10 or 20M hard drive on a Kaypro II?  I
> there a (relatively) inexpensive way to do this? I can probably find a cheap
> (used) PC hard drive, but I'm sure that the CP/M / MessyDOS controllers are
> incompatible...

You're mistaken there, if the Kaypro in question has a TurboROM
(as I've heard).  All that it need to have is an ST-506
interface, and you have to do a little of jumpering (the only one
I can think of is drive select) and let your formatting/BIOS
software take their respective courses.  I know a few friends who
have donw just what you've described ("PC drives"?  They're all
the same.  In fact, the two Quantum Q540's on my PC came the
other direction; from a pair of CP/M-type machines (actually
Concurrent DOS, no relation to the MeSsy variety))

> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Eiffel: Accept no substitutes

In this case, there is no such thing as a "substitute" for there
is no such thing as a "CP/M drive" and a "PC drive".  As long as
they speak MFM through an ST-506 controller, you'll be fine
(provided you have the right firm-/software).