MOST (Mass Optical Storage Technologies) magneto-optical drives: info wanted
Mark
I have a couple of 3.5" SCSI magneto-optical disk drives made by MOST (Mass
Optical Storage Technologies). MOST went out of business circa 1997 or 1998.
They are an interesting curiosity. Before ISO standard 230MB and 540/640MB
3.5" MO disks were introduced, MOST made drives which, in addition to ISO
standard 128MB disks, could use 256MB or 384MB disks. As far as I know, MOST
was the only manufacturer of 256MB and 384MB disks. At least the 384MB
variant is covered by an ECMA standard.
The RMD-5200-S drive (introduced in 1992?) could use 128MB and 256MB disks,
and the RMD-5300-S (introduced in 1994?) could use 384MB disks as well.
Anyway, I need to find details on the jumper settings used by the RMD-5200-S
and RMD-5300-S drives. *Please* contact me if you can help regarding this.
I would also like to find SCSI specification manuals for either drive (i.e.
documents which list the supported SCSI commands, mode pages etc.)
Also, I would be interested in finding a SCSI spec manual for MOST's 2.6GB
5.25" MO drive, the "Jupiter 1". I know that Plasmon used to sell this as the
DW260.
Regards,
-- Mark
mark_k (at) totalise.co.uk