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Re: DEC RD53 hard disk on an ST?

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From: Henry_Burdett_Messenger
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1989 16:23
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Marcelino Bernardo writes:

> Has anyone connected the mech from a DEC RD53 hard disk to an ST?  The
> mech which holds 30MB or so, is made by Quantum an I'm told that it is
> ST-506 compatible.  It seems to me that these drives should be adaptable
> to an ST using an ACSI-SCSI interface along with an Adaptek controller.
> Right?

Right.

I haven't done it, but I know people who have.

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