22 Oct
2004
22 Oct
'04
9:12 p.m.
A short update on my efforts ...
The Fujitsu-OnRack version did what was to be expected: it checks and
sees that there is no Fujitsu drive in the PC and stops :-)
Sorry to say that the version from Pete is for Western Digital drives
and shows the same behaviour :-(
I found a gfew manufacturer versions, but not for HP &%$#@!&
However, there is till hope at 2 fronts: the version Dave will dig up,
and there is one on auction at eBay (for just a few $$). If I will be
the lucky winner I will share the data on the disk with everybody that
is interested in a copy. It looks like this is an *original* OnTrack
version that works with drives of any manufacturer. It's version 7 ...
I'll report back later.
thanks for all the help,
- Henk, PA8PDP.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Sent: 22-10-2004 17:55
Subject: Re: access to BIOS of DECpc
Apologies, I didn't get a chance to look for my OnTrack Disk
Manager
software last night. I'll definitely dig it up this weekend...
Gooijen H wrote:
Hi all,
thanks for all the responses, I have some leads now.
Here is a report what I tried so far.
Searching the Internet, I found the setup files set320p and pwr320p
for
the DECpc 320P. Alas, the setup allows several items
to be
configured,
but the hard disk is not one of them!
Next, I found Ontrack DiskManager versions for IBM and for
Microscience,
but the IBM version stops because it does not detect a
hard disk of
their
brand. BTW, my 2.5" hard disk is from HP, type
C2965A.
The Microscience version allows 7 different types to be set, but up
till
now I did not get satisfactory results. I can get to
50 Mb, but
compared
to the original hard disk (40Mb) that is not much
gain, especially
when
you think that the C2965A is 420 Mb ...!
I also have the version from Western Digital, EZ-Drive (Data
Lifeguard)
but this version also stops because the disk is not
from WD.
Not yet tried is a version from Fujitsu, and the version I received
from
Pete (thanks Pete!).
I guess it's clear what I will be doing this weekend :-)
thanks for all the help and advice,
- Henk, PA8PDP.
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