[rescue] Cdrom and floppy specs

[Michael C. Vergallen]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Michael A. Turner wrote:

> 
> 	After a recent trip to get a bunch of stuff I now have in my
> possesion an Ultra 1 and a sparc 4 that both have the same "problem" .
> Neither one of them has a cd-rom or a floppy drive. Now I could net boot and
> all that other nifty geeky stuff, but I want to put these parts in in order
> to make it easier to use for stupid stuff. 
> 	Now the questions. Whta kind of floppies do these beasties take? are
> they standered PC type floppy drives? can I just strip a PC system and throw
> those floppies into these systems? I also have a dead IPC that I can strip a
> drive out of, is this the same type of drive?
I would think that the IPC floppy will work in the 4 but you will need the
right floppy cable. for the Ultra I don't know because I don't have one
yet.
> 	CD-rom, obviously scsi of course. What are the limitations on what
> kind I can use? Anything to look out for, any particular gotchas? I got some
> scsi 4 speeds laying around should I just stick those in and will they fit
> (stadered 5 1/4 form factor).
The Four speed will work if you put it in a external case and set the
jumpers correctly. 

Michael