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ESDI and Micro Channel Architecture

The photo in the main article shows an IBM PS/2 hard drive connected to a passive MCA riser card. The hard drive is described as an ESDI type. This is an absurd scenario. The drive has an MCA interface, not ESDI.

Here is a discussion about a 52-pin MCA interface as used in IBM's 2.5" MCA drives:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/datarecoverycertification/Vz2GIJEagAo

Once again, the drive has been incorrectly identified as ESDI.

106.69.65.79 (talk) 01:35, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have wondered about those drive photos as well. I think unless it's positively been verified that MCA drive do use ESDI internally we should leave those photos out of the article. In any case, they're definitely no really good examples for an article on ESDI. --Zac67 (talk) 19:24, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a brochure and a technical manual for a Maxtor XT-8000E ESDI drive:

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/maxtor/brochures/XT-8000E_Brochure_1990.pdf

http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/maxtor/1015226F_XT-8000E_EH_Product_Specification_and_OEM_Technical_Manual_Apr91.pdf

Pages 68 and 76 of the manual have line drawings of the drive and PCB.

Page 80 and onwards has a detailed line drawing of the PCB and its jumper settings.

106.69.65.79 (talk) 21:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

… and here is a product manual for a CDC/Seagate Wren II:

http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/cdc/discs/wren/77738035F_Wren_II_Disk_Drive_OEM_Manual_Nov85.pdf

There are block diagrams for ESDI and SCSI interfaces on pages 22 and 23, respectively. The SCSI version appears to be an ESDI drive with a SCSI bridge. Page 14 has a line drawing of the interface connections and jumper settings for the ESDI version.

106.69.65.79 (talk) 00:08, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ESDI Specification

Micropolis ESDI X3.170-90 Interface Specification:

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/micropolis/ESDI_spec_X3.170-90.pdf

(Sorry, but I can't see how to add this link to the References section)

106.69.65.79 (talk) 02:16, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]