[Coco] Tandy Radio Shack Color Computer Burke OS9 Hard Drive Interface

[Bill Gunshannon]

> On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
>>
>>> This use IDE HARD DRIVE?
>>> Tandy Radio Shack Color Computer Burke OS9 Hard Drive Interface
>>>
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tandy-Radio-Shack-Color-Computer-Burke-OS9-Hard-Drive-Interface-/321101228382?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
>>>
>>
>> ST506, I think.  Good luck finding disks for that.
>
> I amassed a good assortment of MFM and RLL drives at Hamfests in the early
> 2000s.  This was before The Great Recycling Push sucked in all such
> things.  But, at best these things are not all that reliable.
>

I had a bunch, too.  Used them in PDP-11's.  Most die from "stiction"
if they sit long.  Others develop very loud bearings before finally
failing.  I would crtainly not be trying to build a system based on
them today.

bill

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