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Shugart SA-1004 8" Hard Drive

Posted: January 30th, 2025, 2:23 pm
by ahend
Anyone ever work with a Shugart SA-1004 hard drive? The 79' controller interface specification shows MFM data read/write lines on the J2 20 pin connector. It has some interesting history. What kind of hardware and effort would it take to spin it up on an S100?
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Andy

Re: Shugart SA-1004 8" Hard Drive

Posted: January 30th, 2025, 9:20 pm
by AltairClone
Several S-100 machines supported hard drives by the end. Vector Graphic had a single board that supported floppy and hard drive interfaces. I’ve stayed away from hard drives because they’re not as easily repaired as a floppy drive.

Mike