Xerox 820 lives!

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue Sep 24 10:28:01 2002

> From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>

> First off, Glen, is it an 820 or an 820-II? Since you have been in to
> it, you should recall whether there is a daughter card that plugs in
> vertically in the right rear quadrant of the motherboard. If it is
> there, you have an 820-II.

Cool! It's an 820-II.

> Make sure that the heads are clean and that the guide rails for the head
> assembly are clean and VERY LIGHTLY lubricated.

The drive is scheduled for a good cleaning this weekend ;>)

> There is a program named MFT45.COM (also MFT48.COM) that is capable of
> single drive copy. It is a little tedious because of disk jockeying,
> but it does do the job. MFT stands for Multiple File Transfer.

More cool -- I'll check the diskettes that came with it to see if this
program is present.
 
> > --> Some of the utilities on the boot diskettes (FMT, for example)
refer to
> > hard disk drives. What's involved in attaching a hard drive to this
> > system?
>
> If an 820, it is not a particularly reasonable thing to try. If an
> 820-II, easy if you can find the Xerox add ons. Rather more difficult
> otherwise.

Would you happen to know the model number of the Xerox external HDD unit?
 
> > --> The flimsy "User Manual" which I have states that the RS232 port
may be
> > configured to attach to a terminal or to a modem. How?
>
> Probably switching the port from DTE to DCE pinout.

Sure, but I'm reluctant to make any internal changes w/o docs.
 
As always, thanks, Don!

Glen
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