lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) (05/31/88)
Has anyone successfully upgraded their WD1010 hard disk controller with
the WD2010 and format a disk with greater than 1024 cylinders. I know the
chip is easy enough to upgrade, but from what I am told the diagnostic
disk is brain-damaged (as a lot of things are on this machine) and limits
your disk to 1024 cylinders.
I've done the FIELD UPGRADE P5.1 to allow bigger disks [and before anyone
even asks, I cannot give this out *sorry*] and I am shopping around for
another hard disk (anyone have a suggestion...?!) and I wonder if I have
to make sure I have disks less than 1024 cylinders...
Thanks,
Lenny
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UUCP : ...{mtune, ihnp4, boulder, talcott, sbcs, bc-cis}!icus!lenny gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) (06/01/88)
In article <373@icus.UUCP>, lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) writes: > I've done the FIELD UPGRADE P5.1 to allow bigger disks [and before anyone > even asks, I cannot give this out *sorry*] and I am shopping around for > another hard disk (anyone have a suggestion...?!) and I wonder if I have I don't get this, Lenny. If this is a FIELD UPGRADE, why can't it be given out? If it can't, why are you mentioning it? Is it that we can obtain this, but not details on how to do the procedure ourselves? Do you mean you developed this upgrade? If it's secret, why should we be bothered with this on the net? Anyway, fill me in, if I'm the only one who doesn't understand your comment. Thanks. - Mark G. Mark Stewart ATT_BTL, Naperville, Ill. ix1g266 ixlpq!gms (312)979-0914
mark@pcid.UUCP (mark hilliard) (06/02/88)
In article <4912@ihlpf.ATT.COM> gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) writes: >given out? If it can't, why are you mentioning it? Is it that we >can obtain this, but not details on how to do the procedure >ourselves? Do you mean you developed this upgrade? If it's >secret, why should we be bothered with this on the net? Anyway, >fill me in, if I'm the only one who doesn't understand your >comment. Thanks. Yes, it can be given out, no Lenny did not develop it. It was developed by Convergent. I have it, (gizzmo at 190meg), and you can have it too. I have a spare chip (programmed), but no way to copy it. I am currently lookin into getting it copied. Come on people, let's get together on this and find a way to distribute this upgrade!
lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) (06/03/88)
In article <4912@ihlpf.ATT.COM> gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) writes: |>In article <373@icus.UUCP>, lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) writes: |>> I've done the FIELD UPGRADE P5.1 to allow bigger disks [and before anyone |>> even asks, I cannot give this out *sorry*] and I am shopping around for |>> another hard disk (anyone have a suggestion...?!) and I wonder if I have |> |>I don't get this, Lenny. If this is a FIELD UPGRADE, why can't it be |>given out? If it can't, why are you mentioning it? Is it that we |>can obtain this, but not details on how to do the procedure |>ourselves? Do you mean you developed this upgrade? If it's |>secret, why should we be bothered with this on the net? Anyway, |>fill me in, if I'm the only one who doesn't understand your |>comment. Thanks. |> Well I'm not sure about the legalities on why the FIELD UPGRADE can't be given out to a machine that is no longer in production, but from what I can tell it has to do with AT&T doing servicing and warranties on the machine. Basically by doing the upgrade you are giving up your right for AT&T doing *ANY* kind of support on your machine. The second reason on why I can't (or won't) give this upgrade out is because I cannot afford the postage, copies, and handling fees. I don't have the time to photocopy and process it for everyone, and lastly I couldn't charge because it would be unethical. I never said I developed the upgrade. It was something CT (Convergent Technologies) developed for their Model S50 (aka. AT&T UNIX pc). The upgrade isn't secret, in fact it has been mentioned numerous times in different articles from others, including someone from AT&T (Craig Votava- cmv@ihlpm.ATT.COM). If you are persistent enough, you can probably get the upgrade from someone. I just can't give it out to everyone who asks, sorry :-(. In short, my comment was to ask those who have completed the upgrade, or have a good working knowledge of Hard Drives to recommend one. Sorry for any confusion... -Lenny -- US MAIL : Lenny Tropiano, ICUS Computer Group IIIII CCC U U SSS PO Box 1 I C U U S Islip Terrace, New York 11752 I C U U SS PHONE : (516) 968-8576 [H] (516) 582-5525 [W] I C U U S TELEX : 154232428 [ICUS] IIIII CCC UUU SSS AT&T MAIL: ...attmail!icus!lenny UUCP : ...{mtune, ihnp4, boulder, talcott, sbcs, bc-cis}!icus!lenny