Intellec MDS questions - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

7 Apr 2005

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 From: "Dave Mabry" <dmabry at
mich.com>

Joe R. wrote:

  One of the problems is that the "extra" drives I have use completely
different boards from those used in the MDSs, even tough they're both
Shugart 801 drives. They even have a lot of differently marked jumpers so
comparing the two drives is very confusing.

   Joe

 Joe,

Are you saying that you have trouble getting some 801's to work in the 
MDS?  These are drives that you know are otherwise good?  Any chance of 
some photos of the board of those drives?  I _think_ I have gotten 
800/801's with three different boards to work.  Maybe we can compare 
notes on that.  Seems to me that all the different boards have similarly 
marked jumpers, though.  So maybe your drives are different than mine.

Dave

Hi
 There were two or three significant rev changes to the
SA800/801's.
 I think only one of these was used with the MDS800's.
It seems like I recall there being a letter after the
number on the drives that distinguished them from the
normal drives. I recall a "R" but I think I may be confusing
that letter with hard drives. It might have been something
else.
Dwight