god3@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Peter Godwin) (01/16/87)
I just purchased a Datamac Trustor 10 Hard Drive for my Apple //e system used, and have completely installed it with Prodos, Dos 3.3, Pascal, and CP/M and it works perfectly. However, I would like to know the current address and/or phone # of Datamac so that if there have been software upgrades of the current versions I have I could obtain them. Does any one out there have such a drive also? I think that it is internally the same as the Franklin hard drives. I would also like to install such faster DOS's as Diversi Dos or Pronto DOS on the Dos 3.3 portion of the Drive but would like to know if it has already been done., Any information regarding this Hard Drive which may be helpful would be appreciated, whether it relates to the above inquires or not. Thanx -- Peter Godwin uucp: ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!god3 Univ. of Chicago Comp Ctr mailnet: x9.xpg@UChicago.Mailnet 5824 S. Kimbark Ave, Room 2419 bitnet: god3%sphinx@UChicago.Bitnet Chicago, IL 60637 ARPA: x9.xpg%UChicago.Mailnet@MIT-Multics.ARPA
kodali@portia.Stanford.EDU (VAS KODALI) (07/19/89)
I just picked up a Datamac 10 meg hard drive. Upon installation, it comes up with a NON MEDIA ERROR XX, which happens when it is trying to write the paramater block onto the hard drive as the very last step in initializing the drive. The manual isn't very comprehensive - it doesn't even mention error codes. However, things get interesting. When I installed a First Class 10 Meg sider about two years ago, I got very familiar with the 'look & feel' of their HD utilities. The Datamac utilities look like a previous version of these utilities. IS DATAMAC A PREDICESOR (sp) OF FIRST CLASS PERIPHERALS??? Additionally, is there a workaround to the paramater block problem? Help is appreciated...else we have a doorstop with a cord... (heavy doorstop) --Chan kodali@portia.stanford.edu