Gunstar Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Well, I've finally upgraded my ST with and HD. I searched E-bay and dealers for a ready-made, plug&play HD but the prices were far too steep for me, like the E-bay auction for a Supra 20meg drive that ended at over $350!!! That's ridiculous. So when I saw the Berkley Microsystems BMS-100 interface and Adaptec ADC-4000 adapter auction, I decided to build my own. I got the above setup for about $25 with shipping. I still needed a hard drive though, MFM style. So after some research and a lot of learning about HD's, I bid on a Seagate ST-238R 33meg drive which I won and also came too about $25 with shipping. Next, I had to get a power supply and case for it all. Well, I've had this old 486 PS/1 computer in my closet for years now, I may be behind in the latest PC's, but I do at least have a 200mhz Pentium, so the old 486 got no use. Well, I gutted it. Leaving only the power supply and LEDS in the case. then I installed the BMS/ADC boards and mounted the ST-238R where the old 5.25 floppy drive used to be. Still having a case far too large really for just one HD, I decided to gut my SF314 external floppy and install it into the case as well. The 3/4 height Epson mechanism wouldn't fit into the 1/2 height slot, but luckily I had a Sony 1/2 height 720k mechanism from the PS/1 that I replaced it with. So, all in all, after spending about $50, I have a very nice HD&floppy setup to go with my 1040ST and I am now ready to upgrade TOS&memory and then get MINT, CAB and STing installed and get this puppy on the net! I wouldn't recommend this for everyone, and your chances of finding another BMS/ADC adapter&interface or another for cheap may be slim. But if you know what your doing computer hacking/electronics wise, then it's a lot of fun and cheap to do projects like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Sweet! I wish Ihad the knowledge to do this sort of thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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