Drive Type International Memories, Inc. (IMI) 5012H - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

7 Dec 2010

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    > The IMI 5012H is I am told a clone of the
Shugart ST-512, which is a  type 1 
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  > drive, can anyone confirm this?  I am, working to
resurrect an IBM AT.   
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  > Silly me I disconnected the battery and lost the
configuration  settings.  I 
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 Obvious question : Did it work before you disconencted the battery? In 
 other words do you know the problem is just due to misconfiguration?

Yes.  It worked fine before I disconnected the battery.  I assumed it was 
dead and I was planning on replacing it with a new one.

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 There is a 3rd party setup program that will run on the real IBM AT (I 
 know this, becuase it's what I use on mine). I has the advantage that 
 when you select a particualr drive type, it displays the actual 
 parameters (cylinders/heads/etc) too. 

 That way you could at least check you're selecting someting that makes  sesne.
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 Are you using the orignal IBM (Western Digital, actually) controller  board?
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Yes.  original board.

What I plan to do next is put the drive in an XT, because in an XT there is 
no battery needed and I can use spinrite to determine the drive number.  
It's possible given I was getting a 1780 error that there is a problem with 
both my controllers.

Bill