6 Jul
2005
6 Jul
'05
1:20 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Degnan Co. wrote:
I have an IBM XT with all original parts. This is the
middle era
version with a Xebec/IBM harddrive controller (no dip switches),
On almost all of the Xebec/IBM bouards, near the center of the board
there are 8 solder pads for holding 4 switches. That provides for
four possibilities for each of two drives. All open is normally 10M,
so you probably have at least one jumper in that area.
.Maybe I am blind! Is there an IBM official low level
format diskette
image out there? That would be preferred.
The IBM "official" low level format routine is on the "Advanced
Diagnostics" diskette.
The stock XT is one configuration that Speedstor handles reasonably well.