agjenkin@kcl-cs.UUCP (znac264) (06/14/86)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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