13 Jun
2009
13 Jun
'09
2 a.m.
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, M H Stein wrote:
Mike,
I dropped you a note, but suspect it went into the bit bucket. Can you
contact me off-list so we can discuss this?
Steve
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Title says it.
Need to replace the drive mechanism in one of my Corvus
flat-cable drives. Firmware expects 6-heads and 306 cylinders and gets
boggled by anything larger, unfortunately.
Could also probably work with Seagate ST419 or Rodime RO203, which are the
only other drives I've found with the same geometry.
There were a few more "15 meg" drives with that structure.
Sure that you can't fool it into ignoring a few heads or cylinders with a
8 x 306 or 6 x 600? 20 and 30 Meg are a little easier to find.
-----------Reply;
The 5018 was available with both the 34 pin IMI interface as well as ST-506;
I assume you're looking for ST-506. If you *really* can't use anything else I
have a few with the IMI interface; the only difference is the top board, so if
yours is OK then no problem.