Kaypro 10 Hard Drive Help Needed

From: Grant Zozman <gzozman_at_escape.ca>
Date: Sun Jul 5 22:52:35 1998

My Kaypro 10 Hard Drive has begun to give me some problems lately; the
drive itself is failing; there are too many bad sectors when I try to
re-format. The present drive is a Tandon TM502 (MFM, 305 cyls, 4 heads).

I picked up a couple Seagate ST-412 drives as replacements, but am having
trouble getting the Kaypro to talk to either of them. As far as I
understand, they are the same specs as the Tandon, but when I try to run
the format program (K10HDFMT.COM), it reports a "Drive Not Ready" error.
There is a terminating resistor pack on the Seagate drives. There is also
a DIP package with jumpers on it, three of which have been cut.

My question is this: are there any physical jumpers which need to be set
correctly on the drive or the Kaypro, or is there a "Setup" utility which
must be run? Any info on the purpose of the straps on the ST-412 would be
very helpful.

If there is a more appropriate forum for Kaypro troubleshooting, I would
appreciate knowing where to go; I haven't been able to turn anything up
except a few web pages of people who have Kaypros in their collections.

Thanks!
Received on Sun Jul 05 1998 - 22:52:35 BST