Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

Sun Oct 11 20:40:21 CDT 2015

The 1402A was in error — it's a 1410A with version 1.0 firmware.

David

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> On Oct 11, 2015, at 21:18, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
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>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 16:54, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Was curious if anyone here has - or knows someone who does - a Xebec 1402A
>> Seagate HDD controller. The drive is in an IBM 5150. Note that this MUST be
>> the 1402A, NOT the more common 1402. There is some important historical
>> data we are trying to recover, but the controller is nonfunctioning.
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> This may a dumb question, but could the drive be imaged by some other means, such as David Gesswein's MFM emulator?
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