need a HDD

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Dec 13 09:19:57 2000

What? Is the same message showing up more than once?

Must be some sort of brain fart! I may learn to drive this thing some day
...

Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm_at_cts.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: need a HDD


>
> Jeez! Four times!!!
> - don
>
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > <stroking beard and clearing throat>
> >
> > It seems as though, whenever there's a substantial discussion about
rotating

<snip>

> > board next to one of the IC's and it will get lost.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dick
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jpero_at_sympatico.ca>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 1:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: need a HDD
> >
> >
> > > > Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:33:06 -0800
> > > > From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
> > > > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > > > Subject: Re: need a HDD
> > > > Reply-to: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Just in case someone's got one, I'm looking for a hard disk with
640
> > > > > cylinders x 8 heads to replace a Rodime 204E. If anyone has
somthing
> > that
> > > > > will fit this geometry, and it's available, I'd like to be
informed.
> > > >
> > > > My memory (and docs) are not so good right now, but isn't that
basically
> > the
> > > > same configuration as the Seagate 251? If so, I probably have
several of
> > > > them just sitting around *waiting* for an application to pop up :).
Let
> > me
> > > > know if you need one.
> > >
> > > Mavin,
> > >
> > > In MFM world, most commonest n of heads and cylinders is usually 6xx
> > > and 8xx and 4 to 6 heads. Beyond that, that not very common.
> > >
> > > ST251 is 820 (check) x 6 heads (not met) needs 8.
> > >
> > > On this topic,
> > >
> > > Even I was latecomer to MFM I deal with MFM/RLL, exrotic ESDI in
> > > early '90's.
> > >
> > > While I was thinking, why not have someone design and program a
> > > adapter to take MFM/RLL as well as ESDI and translate it to SCSI or
> > > IDE and wrap it up in DSP and all in one microcontroller, interface
> > > chipset and some ram, rom? This way, helps people to upkeep their
> > > oddball machine that insists on odd drives. To set up that adapter
> > > board to report specific cylinders range and heads, N of sectors that
> > > reports back to that host machine and just "LL format" the scsi or
> > > IDE hd if needed then HLF it in normal manner as you would do with
> > > any MFM/RLL, ESDI drives.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Wizard
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 09:19:57 GMT