Date   : Mon, 25 Jun 1990 16:42:29 GMT
From   : tindle@g.ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle)
Subject: More ST-506 drive woes...

I'd like to start off by thanking these kind folks for their help:

Brian Kantor <brian@ucsd.edu>
Alex Nghiem <nghiem@emx.utexas.edu>
Ed Grey <ac959@cleveland.freenet.edu> 
Larry Jones <scjones@sdrc.uu.net>
Dave Goodman <daveg@usource.sarasota.fl.us>
Kevin Strietzel <kevin@cs.arizona.edu>

Seems there *are* still people who remember old hard disk drives :-)!

I not only have complete specs on the ST-506 now, but a WD BBS that
has other drive type info too.

OK, Brian informs me that an XT-GEN controller is able to handle drives
with buffered seeks only, and the ST-506 is too stupid to be able to do
this (makes sense, you ought to see the old stuff on this thing's servo
board).

So, I have an IBM XT controller that *will* work, BUT...

There's no way to start a low-level format!  Does anyone have, or know
where to get, a formatter for these original IBM controllers?

Please don't tell me to call IBM; trust me, they could not possibly care
less about this old stuff!  I know, because I have dealt with them in the 
past.  If I can't find a real live person with some hacker blood, I'll be
out of luck on this one.

In article <10984@netcom.UUCP> onymouse@netcom.UUCP (John Debert) writes:
>I had to attach a second power supply to one of the drive units where
>I changed one SA-604 to a ST-506 cos it kept going shutting down.
>At least it is quieter than the SA-604 - except for the vibration.

Yes, it vibrates a PClone keyboard through the table enough to make the
plastic case rattle like mad!  Go, baby, go!

Cheers.
 
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