Date   : Thu, 07 Feb 1991 00:05:39 GMT
From   : att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: can I use this with my Kaypro 10?

cummings@primerd.Prime.COM (Kevin J. Cummings) writes:

> 
> Will it work in your Kaypro?  My guess is only if you can find a
> Kaypro->SASI interface card to produce the signals needed on the
> 50 pin cable, or if the Kaypro HD interface is already SASI.  Sorry, I
> can't seem to find any specs on the SASI bus either.  Anyone else?
> How about a Kaypro expert who knows how the Kaypro HDs work?

The Kaypro 10 does indeed use the ST506 interface.  The internal card
is made by Western Digital and will support up to 3 physical hard drives.
The native Kaypro ROM, however, will not support but ONE hard drive, and
a different ROM (such as TurboROM from Sage Microsystems East) is needed
for additional hard drives, or to support more than 10 megs on a single
hard drive.  ST412 (standard MFM) drives work well with the K-10 disk
controller.


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