which 8" drive are most likely to work w/a stock high density controller?

11 Sep 2012

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   C: I believe
I've plugged hd 5 1/4" drives into my Canon though,
 w/little success. It utilizes both 5" and 8" off the same connector. 
Then you need to work on jumpers.? Starting with Drive select. On Tue, 11 Sep 2012,
Chris Tofu wrote:
C: On the drive? Give me some credit.

Start with the computer!
Get it to try to boot, and see which lines change state on the cable.
If it's pin 12, then PC jumpering of the drive might work.
If it's pin 10, then it mimics the civilized world.

THEN jumper the drive to match what the computer is sending.

With 8" drives, you can often set the motor to just stay running.

Got a scope?

Once you have drive select, motor on, and head load, then start looking
for data.

Most 8" drives were once well documented (before Dell, people dealt with
their own hardware)
Unfortunately, power supply is NOT standardized!  Neither connector, nor
voltages.  You might need that 24V, you might not.

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which 8" drive are most likely to work w/a stock high density controller?