Hack Build Restore | Vintage Computing: Can You Fix a 30 Year old IBM Disk & Controller? @hackbuildrestore | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
In this video, we're going to take a look at an IBM 5170 Fixed Disk Controller, which was released in 1984. This disk controller is over 30 years old, will it still work today!

While these days we use different technology, the IBM 5170 Fixed Disk Controller is still usable today. In this video, we're going to take a look at the IBM 5170 Fixed Disk Controller and try to fix it. Will we be able to use it to interface with the MFM Hard disk from the 5170?

MFM Boot Short: youtube.com/shorts/3ZEP2SZ6W6M

Tune in to find out!

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