mikes@sir-alan.UUCP (02/24/87)
The standard Tandy XENIX formatter for the 16/6000 will handle a hard drive with up to 1024 cylinders. Unfortunately, I have a drive with 1,378 cylinders (Quantum 2080). A company called "Microtime", I think, published a version of the Tandy formatter for XENIX 1.3.5 that would handle a full Quantum 2080. Does anyone know whether (a) one can use the 1.3.5 formatter with XENIX 3.x (I have not tried it, but everyone says "No"); or (b) if a XENIX 3.x version can be purchased or (c) how to modify the standard formatter to allow more cylinders. If anyone is interested, I can report that the combination of a Tandy 16/1MB RAM/Quantum 2080 is a nice one; it runs the Byte benchmarks in the same range of speeds as the 6000 with the 35MB 5 1/4" drive. There are a number of dealers who are selling this drive now for between $550 and $1000; it simply replaces the 8MB drive in a 16 with an 8" HD. The only mod required is jumpering the Tandy write protect line from the switch to pin 5 of the 20-pin data cable. Michael L. Squires Office: 814-724-3360 Department of Political Science Home: 814-337-5528 Allegheny College Meadville, PA 16335 uucp: ..!decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!{mikes,peng!sir-alan!mikes} ..!pitt!sir-alan!mikes BITNET: mikes%sir-alan@pitt.UUCP