Tandon TM848-2 Floppy drive power

[Tony Duell]

> 
> Tony Duell wrote:
> > I rememebr one of the old Sun machines (Sun 2?) that used an Archive 
> > Sidewinder QIC drive. It has a 4 pin power connector, jsut like the one 
> > on a 5.25" drive. There's only one problem. The Sidewinder uses +5V and 
> > +24V.  And IIRC the only differnce in the tape drive pwoer connector was 
> > the colour of thew wire to one pin.
> 
> Whoo - I think you might have got it :) I was casually reading this thread and 
> had a hazy memory of seeing inside some system where there was what looked to 
> be a "standard" power connector when in fact it wasn't. I think you're 
> probably right, and the Sun2 was it... trying to remember's been nagging at me 
> all day :-)

I know for a fact that the Archive Sidewinder uses +5V and +24V, and uses 
the same type of power connector as a normal 5.25" drive. The Sidewinder 
is the tape drive that was used with the PERQ, which is how I came 
across it.

I don't own a Sun 2, but I've heard about the 'odd' power connector, and 
can certainly believe it.

-tony