borne@stsci.EDU (Kirk D. Borne) (10/05/90)
In article <187@salt.UUCP>, snow@china.uu.net (John Snow) asks for information on the installation and implementation of a Seagate hard disk drive. I would like to know the same stuff ... so would anyone responding to John please post their knowledge here, or else CC: to my e-mail address below. Thanks. - Kirk Borne +------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Kirk D. Borne | SPAN: SCIVAX::BORNE or 6559::BORNE | | Science Program Analyst | Bitnet: borne@stsci | | Science Program Selection Office | Internet: borne@scivax.stsci.edu | | Space Telescope Science Institute | Phone: 301-338-4945 | | Homewood Campus | FAX: 301-338-4767 | | Baltimore, MD 21218 | Telex: 684-9101-STSCI | +------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) (10/06/90)
I just went through this a couple of months ago, and there are several knowledgable users who came to my rescue (such as GERN and Doc Savage)! Basically, Z100 hard disks are attached via a data separator board "bolted" to the top of the hard drive assembly and a Z217 controller board that drops into any empty slot in the card cage. I had an original Z100 10 MB hard disk that died, and needed to replace it with a handy ST225. All I had to do was unplug one drive and plug in the other. Then the PREP and FORMAT stages, and I had a larger (working!) hard disk. If you never had a Z100 hard disk, and so you're short the Z217 and the data separator board, you'll have a bit of a parts hunt. There are sources, and this newsgroup may put you onto some. But don't give up..what you want to do has been done countless times with little sweat and no pain! "Moby" Dick O'Connor djo7613@u.washington.edu Washington Department of Fisheries *I brake for salmonids* "Moby" Dick O'Connor djo7613@u.washington.edu Washington Department of Fisheries *I brake for salmonids*
news@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (Usenet News File Owner) (10/08/90)
kit includes a standard PC-compatible hard drive controller and an S-100 card that adapts the controller to the Z-100's bus. The controller is an MFM type, so the ST-225 should work fine. (We used an ST-138 (MFM) that was lying around.) From: zateslo@geomag.fsu.edu (Ted Zateslo) Path: geomag!zateslo UCI claims that the regular Z-100 PREP and PART should work, but they also provide their own formatting utility which we used (successfully). The only problem we ran into was mounting the PC HD controller: the hardware provided (double-stick foamy tape) didn't fit the particular controller card they sent. We just made our own sticky-foam mount. The setup has worked fine for about 3 months now. I don't have UCI's address handy (I will look up and E-mail to interested parties), but we paid $288 for our kit from a distributor, Payload 15718 Sylvan Lake Houston, TX 77062 (713) 486-0687 Usual disclaimers... Ted Zateslo, Geology Dept., Florida State University Internet: zateslo@geomag.gly.fsu.edu
mac@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Myron A. Calhoun) (10/09/90)
Re: the UCI kit to adapt a standard PC-compatible hard drive controller
to an S-100 card that adapts the controller to the Z-100's bus...
Payload [15718 Sylvan Lake, Houston, TX 77062 (713) 486-0687]
says that the UCI kit is no longer available.
--Myron.
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