Manuals / jumper map for NEC FD1165 with G9NYB PCB
Chuck Guzis
cclist at sydex.com
Fri Mar 18 21:46:13 CDT 2011
On 19 Mar 2011 at 1:43, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> On 19/03/11 01:20, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> > Given the early date, I wonder if the S16 wasn't a re-badged NEC
> > PC9801E?
> >
> > What color is the faceplate? If it's not black, but beige, that
> > would go toward confirming my suspicions.
>
> Yep -- beige faceplate, with a dark grey latch handle.
>
> The text on the drive's model number plate is:
>
> MODEL FD1165 S
> P/N 134-100390-121-0 [121 is handwritten]
> SERIAL NO 162774 MFG DATE 1982/12 [12 is handwritten]
> [ NEC logo ] Nippon Electric Co. Ltd.
> MADE IN JAPAN
I found a mention on a Japanese PC collector's website:
http://www2.ucatv.ne.jp/~m_okubo.moon/98fdd/fd1165a.html
Scroll down a bit and you'll see your FD1165S. He seems to be saying
that this was part of the PC8881 external drive box used with the
early PC9801 (which had no internal drives), but originally marketed
for the 8-bit PC8801:
http://park10.wakwak.com/~pinevill/image/nec/PC8881.JPG
Maybe someone has a manual for this thing...
--Chuck
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