etpkg@levels.sait.edu.au (04/19/91)
Help! I have an ICL model 35 computer running MP/M ver. 2.4f3. Recently the hard disk died ( it was a 10 meg Rodime model RO 200 ) and I got hold of second hand 5 meg Tandon model TM 501 to replace it. However it doesn't work. I suspect I need to change the jumper settings on the drive. So, If someone has details of the jumpers of the Tandon drive they would be much apreciated. The hard disk controller in the ICL is a Xebek Systems model 104526 (at least thats the only number written on it). The jumper settings for this would also be good. I can be contacted at paul@sal.sait.edu.au or you can post it to the newgroup. Thanks in advance, Paul Gray University of South Australia.
cwcst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Carol Coates) (04/20/91)
In article <16222.280f1c59@levels.sait.edu.au> etpkg@levels.sait.edu.au writes: >Help! I have an ICL model 35 computer running MP/M ver. 2.4f3. Recently >the hard disk died ( it was a 10 meg Rodime model RO 200 ) and I got ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >hold of second hand 5 meg Tandon model TM 501 to replace it. However it ^^^^^ >doesn't work. I suspect I need to change the jumper settings on the drive. >So, If someone has details of the jumpers of the Tandon drive they would be >much apreciated. The hard disk controller in the ICL is a Xebek Systems >model 104526 (at least thats the only number written on it). The jumper >settings for this would also be good. Greetings. I tried that with my Kaypro 10. I had a few 6 meg hard drives and I wanted to use them with my K10, which came with a 10 meg. The first problem was getting all the jumpers. The second and terminal problem was that my format program required a drive with 4 heads and 305 cylinders. Those are the specs for a 10MB unit, not a 6MB one - when I tried to format, it failed. And third, even if you convince the format program to format only 2 heads and 305 cyliners (5MB specs), how will you tell CP/M that? In my K10, CP/M can only access 8MB and the drive was split into A: and B: (C: for floppy). Well, I got it to format only A: but then ran a program that bombed because there was no drive B: (or something like that). SO: Get a new 10MB unit! For a new, expect to pay ~$70 and for a used ~$35 Take care.
donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin) (04/22/91)
etpkg@levels.sait.edu.au writes: >So, If someone has details of the jumpers of the Tandon drive they would be >much appreciated.... The jumpers and factory settings for the TM 50x drives are as below: Jumper Function Setting Usage W1 Track Fault O Install for excess track fault W2 Test O Install for factory test W3 Disable Limit O Install to disable soft limits W4 Spin Select O Install for spin select W5 Tracks S Install for standard version W6 Motor Type - Install for Type 1.8 motor RTW7 Read Terminator I Close only at end drive of daisy chain data. Closed for radial data. WTW8 Write Terminator I S4W9 Drive Select 4 O Install one of four plugs only S3W10 Drive Select 3 O Plug corresponds to drive addr S2W11 Drive Select 2 O S1W12 Drive Select 1 I 3PW13 Three Disk 503 Close for TM503 only U22 Terminator Pack I Install in end drive of daisy chain. NOTES: O Omit I Install S Close jumper for standard version only 503 Close jumper for TM503 only > [...] The hard disk controller in the ICL is a Xebek Systems >model 104526 (at least thats the only number written on it). The jumper >settings for this would also be good. > Sorry, I can't help you out on that. Perhaps someone else will. - don Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com