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The small machines (B10/20 and up through the F models as I recall)
Normally had internal drives. Both 8" and 5 1/4 drives were options. As
I recall they were indeed SCSI. There was an external drive that I think
came out later for the 9402 200 and 400 family. Hooked up to a goofy 'Y'
cable along with the console!
On the bigger (B30 and up) rack mounted machines the drive was in a huge
3U Rack drawer (9331) and again 8 and 5 1/4 options were available and
again SCSI in nature.
8" and 5 1/4" capacities were identical at 1.2MB
In my CPM days I recall using Sugart 8" drives which I'm rather sure
were also SCSI, the older 50 pin cables are what I remember. You don't
need more than an 8bit transfer to keep up with a floppy drive! I recall
these held a bit more as well, something like 1.3+ MB.
But sadly the AS/400 never got my favorite feature the 72MD Autoloader
with its 3 slots and to Magazine locations!
- DrF
On 5/21/2021 1:03 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
Hello,
out of curiosity: Do you remember floppy drives on the AS/400? Were these SCSI drives? How were the drives different from, say, drives found on CP/M machines of that era? Information I found in the CISC system builder weren't too much helpful.
Any comments are well-appreciated. Thanks!
:wq! PoC
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