Maxtor drive goes under

Tony, do you have specs for these drives ? I have got a Micropolis 1222-I drive but there's nothing to find about it in the net. All I would like to know is the interface (SA1000?) and the voltages needed for the power connector. Pierre On the other hand, older Micropolis drives -- the 8" 1200 series, weren't too bad. I've had electronic failures on them, but they're mostly standard chips, and there's a handy diagnostic connector that you can connect a lights-n-switches box to to find out what the main problem is. Siad box is _very_ easy to make... THe only problem with the 1200 series is the servo power amplifier. It's an LM379 chip -- a dual 6W audio amplifier (now, what was somebody saying about no audio amplifier discussions here :-)). A standard part at the time, but just try finding one now. And this circuit uses a feature of the 379 -- namely that the bottom end of the output stages are brought out separately -- to monitor the servo coil current. About the best replacement is a pair of mono audio amplifier chips, I think. -tony -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr f?r 1 ct/ Min. surfen!