20 Apr
2000
20 Apr
'00
6:19 a.m.
I know this has been discussed before, but I can't find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
Thanks,
Bill King
20 Apr
20 Apr
8:06 a.m.
I know this has been discussed before, but I can't
find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to
be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
You're probably looking for:
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11
Then go to HARDWARE and look for the third-party-disks.txt file.
Or directly to:
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/hardware
/third-party-disks.txt
There should be enough information on how to format your xt2190
Hope it helps,
emanuel
8:06 a.m.
I know this has been discussed before, but I can't
find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
Thanks,
Bill King
I'm afriad I've no idea. However, I'd suggest taking a look at the
following as it should have the info (pardon the two line URL).
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-11/hardwar…
rd-party-disks.txt
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8:28 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 08:19:31AM -0700, William King wrote:
I know this has been discussed before, but I can't
find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
I *think* you're thinking of the RD53. I'm 86% positive that an XT2190 is
exactly the same as an RD54, no jumper needed, just ZRQC?? and away you go.
John Wilson
D Bit
10:07 a.m.
Bill did you buy that pile of 2190's from Bermans? And the VAX too?
--Chuck
William King wrote:
I know this has been discussed before, but I can't
find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
Thanks,
Bill King
10:39 a.m.
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, William King wrote:
I know this has been discussed before, but I can't
find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
You need to reset the jumper to DS3.
- don
6:13 p.m.
Don Maslin wrote:
I know this
has been discussed before, but I can't find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
You need to reset the jumper to
DS3.
8:46 p.m.
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Jerome Fine wrote:
Jerome Fine replies:
In a BA123 box, all the drives are set to DS3 and the I/O distribution board
in slot 13 manages the rest. But, if the RD54 is the second drive in a BA23
box (rare but possible in a 6 switch front panel), then you must use DS4.
I appreciate that, but since his statement was that he had acquired a
Maxtor 2190 that he wanted to *convert* into a RD54 it seems a
reasonable presumption that it would be set for DS1 or DS2 and would
need to be reset. In formatting a 2190 on my MicroVAX 2000, that is all
that I had to do. T 70 recognized it immediately, and it was duck soup
Don Maslin
wrote:
I know
this has been discussed before, but I can't find the info. I just
aquired a Maxtor 2190 disk drive that I want to convert into a DEC RD54. I
know about formatting it under XXDP, but I remember that a jumper had to be
changed on the drive. Can anyone help me out here?
You need to reset the jumper to
DS3. from there on.
This arrangement was VERY FIRMLY impressed on my
memory one day
about 10 years ago when I had just done a format of an RD52. Just to
be careful, I removed the first RD52 drive before I did the format for the
second drive. After it was done, I put the first RD52 back into the system, but
forgot to set the second drive to DS4. I wound up with both RD52 drives
requiring a format - and lost all the files from the first RD52.
That would certainly ruin your whole day!
- don
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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