| This is the same in size and
appearance as the model 30 apart from the power switch is
white on this and orange on the model 30. This one works
but it has one major problem, at some time it has had
something pushed into the floppy disk drive and now there
are no heads left just the mounting plates. Unfortunately
the floppy drive is the type that is only connected by a
34 pin ribbon and no power cable so I have not got a
replacement one for it, I did consider swapping the heads
from another one but this has got a single ribbon from
the heads and all the others that I have got have two.
This might be a good opportunity to try direct cable
connection file transfer in case I need to add any files
to it say to set up a printer or what ever. The hard
disk is an IBM WD-380S 80MB 3.5" which connects with
a 72 cable ribbon with card edge connectors at each end.
This is an ESDI ( Enhanced Small Device Interface ) type
hard disk. The ESDI type controller was created in 1983
by the Maxtor Corporation in the USA
This also has an MCA Trantor systems SCSI host adapter
fitted this has a 50 pin internal connector and a 25 pin
D type external connector, it seems as though it probably
had an external CD-ROM fitted at some time as it looks
for it every time it boots up.
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