HP 7958B

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun Feb 22 22:57:09 1998

>> Today I picked up a HP 7958B unit which contains a "Bauart Gepruft model
>> 97533-60051" Hard Drive. It is my understanding that this Hard Drive is an
>> MFM Hard Drive
>
>The HP 97533 is a 160 Mbyte drive. It was available in several
>interfaces, but none of them were MFM. Seeing as how you've already
>identified the 34 and 20-pin connectors, I'd wager that you've got
>the 97533E, the ESDI interface model.

Ah, yet another ESDI, it really is starting to look like I need to get one
of these systems running off of one of the ESDI cards I've got! That's the
4th ESDI drive I've ended up with.

Stupid question, is there a good way to tell ESDI drives from MFM drives?

                        Zane



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