Xerox 820 lives!

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Sep 24 18:04:00 2002

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote:

> > 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?

IIRC, it is an external cabinet called the Disk Expansion Module. Also
contains a 5.25" drive.
                                                - don

> > > --> 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
> 0/0
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 24 2002 - 18:04:00 BST