IMI drives (was WTB/WTT S-100 Chassis (UK/Europe only))

[Jim Attfield]

> From: M H Stein [mailto:dm561 at torfree.net]
> Sent: 01 November 2007 07:33
> To: 'cctalk at classiccmp.org'
> Cc: 'james at attfield.co.uk'
> Subject: IMI drives (was WTB/WTT S-100 Chassis (UK/Europe only))
>
>
> Re: Looking for IMI drives for a Cromemco:
>
> Another solution would be to find an STDC HD controller; then you could
> use most ST406/512 drives, and they'd also be quite a bit faster (and it
> would be a lot cheaper to ship ;-). I'm running two 150MB Maxtors and
> two 20MB IMIs on the same system BTW.
>
> I don't believe there are any CDOS drivers for it though, so you'd have
> to run any CDOS or CP/M programs in Cromix.
>
> As an aside, there's also an ESDI/SCSI controller; they're pretty scarce
> and your card set wouldn't support one AFAIK, but there is at least one
> person out there putting a 1.2GB disk into his Cromemco (you know who
> you are); not sure if it's working yet though, looks like the
> drive may be bad.

An STDC would be nice and I agree, in sole ways perhaps more desirable than
the WDI-II but I haven't seen one come available for a looooong time (YMMV).
I also prefer not to lose CDOS or the possibility of CP/M (although I always
preferred MP/M-II even for single user use).

Jim