Ampro Little Board questions...

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Dec 16 13:44:45 2001

I wouldn't be so extreme in my feeling of doom, Gene. There are easy ways to
recover.

You could get one of the "approved" drives, which might cost $5 on eBay (plus
shipping - be sure to get the thing insured!) or one of the "approved" bridge
boards and a suitable drive.

regards,

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: RE: Ampro Little Board questions...


> > CP/M bios which is not the boot rom. The reason for that is
> > the Drive tables and the controller tables in the
> > install(HDINIT) and format(HDFMT) will not work for all but a
> > limited subset of possible drive/controller setups. The only
> > SCSI drive directly supported was the ST157N and maybe the
> > ST296N might work.
> >
> > >If you have the proper version of the HD Utilities, you
> > should not need
> > >to do any.
> > > - don
> >
> >
> > Only if you have a supported controller and drive, otherwise
> > they do not help you much.
> >
>
> So since I've got this Miniscribe 8425S, I'm totally fscked and it's
> basically a nice floppy-only paper weight. Oh joy. Be still my heart.
>
> G.
>
>
Received on Sun Dec 16 2001 - 13:44:45 GMT