agjenkin@kcl-cs.UUCP (znac264) (06/14/86)
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Hi, I wonder if anyone on the net has had the same experience as
me regarding fitting your own drives to a 520STM.
I had three problems (maybe four)
I) Getting a connector for the drive
A) buy a second drive cable wit a friend and split it.
II) Getting a drive to work
A) Misubushi's just wont work, their spec is identical to
Teacs which do. (3mS track to track etc )
Teacs cost a lot (150 pounds + case and
PSU).So I used NEC drives (99 pound with case and leads)
III) Decipering TOS errors
Q) What does TOS error #35 mean etc (Heeellllllppppp)
Perhaps someone can tell me why that some drives work and some dont
even though on papaer they are identical ? also does anyone have
a list of TOS error codes and ``bomb'' codes (you know when you really
goofed up BOMB! perhaps BOMB BOMB BOMB BOMB ..... crash (after this
your begging the damm thing to give you you files back
YOU: Come on ST you know and I know you've got 36 files on that disk!
ST: TOS error #35!
YOU: All right already just tell me how much space is on the disk?
ST: (flicker flicker ........(isnt it quiet)....... CRASH)
YOU: Arrrghhhhh
)
help with the above will be appreciated
Alun Jenkins ..ukc!kcl-cs!agjenkins