Looking for IMI 5018 MFM drive - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Jun 2009

----------Original Message:
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
Subject: Re: Looking for IMI 5018 MFM drive

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Steven Hirsch wrote:
...
  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.

There is also a 5021 which, *AFAIK* is the same geometry.

mike