aland@infmx.informix.com (Colonel Panic) (11/08/90)
The setting: a clear, crisp winter morning surrounding a 6386/16
which has been transplanted with a WD1007A-WAH ESDI
controller and a Micropolis 1558 304MB (formatted)
drive:
Act I: The protagonist attempts to LLF the drive using the AT&T
LLF utility (TMSFMT version 2.10.3, fix 84). When the
drive parameters come on screen, they are wrong-o
(1221 cyls vs. 800-something, 36 sectors vs. 51, etc.)
Flashback: I have run this same LLF on the Intel 6386E/33 without
seeing this problem. I suspect that the LLF is consulting
the BIOS and using the drive type in some kind of internal
table lookup, since the drive type numbers for this drive
differ between the Olivettis and the Intels. However,
nothing in the LLF doc indicates that it is Intel-specific.
Conflict: Is there a difference? Is there an LLF that works on the
Olivettis? The 6386/16 in question has the new ROMs (1.14),
which are supposed to support this drive, and SETUP has the
drive type defined properly.
Any ideas appreciated. We now begin our intermission...
(smoking prohibited except in the outer drive bay...)
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Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
I'm Pro-Anarchy... and I Vote!aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) (11/17/90)
In article <1990Nov8.003517.24001@informix.com> aland@infmx.informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes: >(Problems with LLF of 304MB Micropolis drive on a 6386/16 I called the hotline before posting this; they finally got back to me and, after much exchange of wrong info, finally decided that indeed there was a different LLF for the old 6386 line. This was referred to as "Fix 0041 LLF Version 1.05 for the 6386", which they were going to send to me. Well, the software finally shows up, and they sent me *completely* wrong stuff: they sent a "386 Cartridge Tape Utilities Operations Guide"!!!!! I've had a machine down for a week-and-a-half, and I'm still stuck. Does anybody know of a site from which I can download this beast? Thanks in advance. -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "I went to Wall Street with the desire to help change society for the better, not to find a fortune." - Michael Milken