25 Dec
1998
25 Dec
'98
11:48 a.m.
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
Yes. I'm thinking that the NeXT slabs used 2.88Mb
SCSI floppies, but...
Can't think of any other instances at the moment, but I have heard of such
a beast before.
The PS/2 55SX (a 386 SCSI MCA machine) also had 2.88Mb SCSI floppies.
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Max Eskin | kurtkilgor(a)bigfoot.com | AOL: kurtkilgor
25 Dec
25 Dec
4:09 p.m.
Max Eskin wrote:
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
Huh? The 55SX has an ESDI controller for the HD and uses stock MFM 1.44
floppies. It can use the floppies from other units as well Even the 56/5gSLC
that has a SCSI interface and 2.88 mb floppy doesn't have a SCSI floppy. Where
did you get this from?
Yes. I'm thinking that the NeXT slabs used
2.88Mb SCSI floppies, but...
Can't think of any other instances at the moment, but I have heard of such
a beast before.
The PS/2 55SX (a 386 SCSI MCA machine) also had 2.88Mb SCSI floppies. 
8:49 p.m.
Max Eskin wrote:
Yeah, the PS/2 had the power on the floppy drive cable -- but they
weren't SCSI.
Bill
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
Huh? The 55SX has an ESDI controller for the HD and uses stock MFM 1.44
floppies. It can use the floppies from other units as well Even the 56/5gSLC
that has a SCSI interface and 2.88 mb floppy doesn't have a SCSI floppy. Where
did you get this from? Yes. I'm thinking that the NeXT slabs used
2.88Mb SCSI floppies, but...
Can't think of any other instances at the moment, but I have heard of such
a beast before.
The PS/2 55SX (a 386 SCSI MCA machine) also had 2.88Mb SCSI floppies. 
5:57 p.m.
At 11:48 AM 12/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
> Yes. I'm thinking that the NeXT slabs used 2.88Mb SCSI floppies, but...
> Can't think of any other instances at the moment, but I have heard of such
> a beast before.
Hmmm... While I can't speak for all of the NeXT 'slabs', the NXTstation
that I have in my lap at the moment seems to have a rather normal (Mac
looking) non-SCSI floppy drive mounted in it.
-jim
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