sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler) (05/12/89)
I'm trying to find some place that will sell me one (1) WD-2010
controller chip to replace the WD-1010 chip in my 3B1. Does anyone
know of a place. I almost found one place, but they want a $100
minimum order, which means I'd have to buy 2 of the little buggers.
Thanks!
--
Steve Wampler
{....!arizona!naucse!sbw}dwn@swbatl.UUCP (4007) (05/13/89)
In article <1428@naucse.UUCP> sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler) writes: >I'm trying to find some place that will sell me one (1) WD-2010 >.....I almost found one place, but they want a $100 >minimum order, which means I'd have to buy 2 of the little buggers. > >Thanks! >-- > Steve Wampler > {....!arizona!naucse!sbw} I would be willing to buy the other, and will send you a check in advance. What is the name of the place, and what are their terms? Also, what hard-disk have you selected? What are it's stats? -- David Neill office -> 405-278-4007 -> swbatl!oktext!mktco Mgr - Mktg.(SWBTCo) home -> 405-749-1141 -> swbatl!oktext!frodo!david
thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (05/13/89)
$100 for two (2) of the WD2010 chips?
Jeez, who you dealing with, the Devil?
I just picked up a brand new WD2010-AL; 05-02; B048 in the ceramic package
for $10.50 at ACE Electronics in Sunnyvale, CA. Plugged it in to one of my
7300s (along with a new Miniscribe 3085 HD) and it worked just fine; only
problem is that now I need the "new" diagnostic disk to format beyond the
1024 limitation of the present UNIXPC software (apparently the existing
software does its thing modulo 1024).
I'm planning on picking up some more of these chips; perhaps a group buy is
in order? If interested, lemme know (via email) and I can arrange to pick
them up.
For reference, the Miniscribe 3085 is a half-height, ST506/412, MFM drive
whose characteristics are:
7 heads
1170 cylinders
17 sectors per track
and average access time of 22 milliSeconds.
Power requirements are:
12 VDC 2.6A
5 VDC 1.0A
Since the power supply in the 7300 provides 3.5A @ 12VDC and 20A @ 5VDC, this
drive is well within the safety margin. And it's fast (and noisy).
More update later ...
Thad Floryan [thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]