[rescue] Sparc LX Wanted

Sheldon T. Hall shel at tandem.artell.net
Sun Feb 26 16:31:51 CST 2006


Saith Kevin Loch ...
> Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> > If the machine has no floppy drive, minor sheet-metal 
> > hackery can turn the
> > hard drive mounting 90 degrees, and provide space for an 
> > SCA drive and a
> > convertor.  You have to be careful about SIMM height and 
> > such, but it can be done.
> 
> You can use a 68 pin drive with internal 68 pin cable and adapt it
> to 50 pin to connect to the board.  No mounting modification is
> necessary.  The cabling folds up nicely in the case.

That would be nicer, I have to admit, if you can find some 68-pin drives
that aren't too expensive.

-Shel



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