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Article #11641Re^2: The IIfx: a hands-on first look (floppies?)
From: Alex Pournelle
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 1990 16:47
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 1990 16:47
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ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu writes:
>In article <1990Apr5.080910.9023@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>, alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) writes:
>> Oh, I forgot to mention: the floppy connectors now have swingover
>> tie-clamps to keep them from working loose. (And the FDHD on this
>> machine seems in much better shape than the one in the IIx was.)
>>
>> Alex
>Floppy connectors?
>What sort of connector do you use on a floppy disk, anyway?
The ones that hold down the 20-pin cable to the motherboard. Or did you
think that floppy disks get away if they're not tied down ("he'd muscle
up to those bars, and voom!")
Alex
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!grian!alex From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re^2: The IIfx: a hands-on first look (floppies?) Message-ID: <1990Apr10.164756.341@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Date: 10 Apr 90 16:47:56 GMT References: <1990Apr5.074703.8731@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <1990Apr5.080910.9023@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> <23286.261b7165@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> Organization: Workman & Associates Lines: 19