"Programmer's Panel" for disk drives

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Feb 22 12:53:44 2002

I gave a suitcase-sized SMD tester/exerciser to Will Jennings a couple of
years back. Some of the older systems some of the fellows use probably use
SMD's, though I don't know how familiar these user are with the details. I
think some knowledge of the interface protocol is required in order to perform
tests without destroying either the drive or the contents.

BTW, I do believe I gave Will the one copy of the SMD spec, from CDC, that I
had. Perhaps he can help those who need the data.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: "Programmer's Panel" for disk drives


> Tony,
>
> sorry to take so long to reply. You're right, there is both a 60 pin and
> a 2 something pin cable with it. Does anyone still do anything with SMD
> drives?
>
> Joe
>
> At 12:26 AM 2/13/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >> aluminium box about 15" cubed. A sticker inside said that it was made by
> >> Magnetic Peripherals. Is anyone familar with these? What type drives coud
> >
> >IIRC, Magnetic Peripherals is CDC...
> >
> >> it operate? Is it worth picking up? This one appeared pretty intact,
some
> >> key tops were missing but it had the cables still stored inside of it.
> >
> >Can you describe these cables? CDC to me implies an SMD interface (at
> >least on their larger drives). If the cables are a 60 pin control cable
> >and maybe a 26 pin data cable, I'd guess that's what it is.
> >
> >-tony
> >
>
>
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