[vcf-midatlantic] Looking for a Kalok IDE drive

[Jason Perkins]

Ah, thanks Andrew! I should have been more clear, I already having one of
those.

https://youtu.be/k1mSnPxRmis


On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 1:20 PM Andrew Diller <dillera at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right - but it sounds like you want the sound of the original drive. I was
> offering you the chance to record the sound you want, coming from the
> Miniscribe.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:51 AM Jason Perkins <perkins.jason at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't think I can make it to this workshop :(
>>
>> I'm also looking for a 16 bit ATA drive, not SCSI.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 8:35 AM Andrew Diller <dillera at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The 20Meg miniscribes on the early MacSE's had the sound you describe.
>>> They used a big stepper motor and not a voice coil to move the heads. That
>>> may be the sound you are trying to capture.
>>>
>>> I think i have a few of them around, i'll see if any spin up in an
>>> external scsi enclosure.
>>>
>>> If they do i'll bring it Sat.
>>>
>>> -andy
>>>
>>> > On Jan 10, 2019, at 7:43 AM, Jason Perkins via vcf-midatlantic <
>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I'm using Dr. Schaeffer's IDEFile:
>>> > http://john.ccac.rwth-aachen.de:8000/patrick/idefile.htm
>>> >
>>> > So I would need a 16 bit ATA drive. As far as sound, I was looking for
>>> > something with an audible seek, but quiet spindle. The Lisa's original
>>> > Widget drive has a rather unique sound, and I want to capture some of
>>> that
>>> > uniqueness with the IDEfile.
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ADMHAdSNpM
>>> >
>>> > In one of my IDEFiles I have a ~200 mb Quantum drive. It makes some
>>> nice
>>> > unique sounds, but is developing stiction issues.
>>> >
>>> > -J
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 11:22 AM Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic <
>>> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> "Why??? I’m looking for something to use with an IDE adapter on my
>>> Lisa,
>>> >> and [I] want it to sound interesting."
>>> >>
>>> >> It's a little amusing, to ask for hard drives based on acoustics. I'm
>>> an
>>> >> old person from a different time; I guess it's a thing now. (Yes, I
>>> know
>>> >> there's videos of stacks of drives playing tunes, thank you.) When
>>> drive
>>> >> stepping was noisier, it was a diagnostic, more convenient than a
>>> >> blinking "drive activity" LED.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm guessing, the Lisa may not accept any ancient IDE hard-drive. I
>>> know
>>> >> that some really old IDE hard drives have "the wrong" IDE interface (8
>>> >> bit data and not standard 16 bit data). Is there a list of IDE hard
>>> >> drive brand/models the Lisa could reasonably use?
>>> >>
>>> >> So - is there really a demand for "acoustic" IDE hard drives? Also,
>>> with
>>> >> a sound like a winding up jet engine as they start up? I can dig up
>>> some
>>> >> of these. No warranties.
>>> >>
>>> >> Herb
>>> >>
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>>> >>
>>> >
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