pb@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (P. Brouwer) (01/25/91)
I have I 20Mb hard disk from MicroSience type HH-825 with no documentation. At the rear of the disk are 10 dilswitches. Who can give me info about the meaning of these switches? Please reply via E-mail. -- # Peter Brouwer, | Philips Information Systems, # # NET : pb@idca.tds.philips.nl | Department P9000-i Building V2, # # UUCP : ....!mcsun!philapd!pb | P.O.Box 245,7300AE Apeldoorn,The Netherlands# # PHONE:ext [+31] [0]55 432992, | FAX :ext [+31] [0]55 433488 #
cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) (01/31/91)
In article <pb.664789443@atperf.idca.tds.philips.nl> pb@idca.tds.philips.nl (Peter Brouwer) writes: >I have I 20Mb hard disk from MicroSience type HH-825 with no documentation. >At the rear of the disk are 10 dilswitches. Who can give me info about the >meaning of these switches? >Please reply via E-mail. > > >-- ># Peter Brouwer, | Philips Information Systems, # ># NET : pb@idca.tds.philips.nl | Department P9000-i Building V2, # ># UUCP : ....!mcsun!philapd!pb | P.O.Box 245,7300AE Apeldoorn,The Netherlands# ># PHONE:ext [+31] [0]55 432992, | FAX :ext [+31] [0]55 433488 # I have a copy of a spec sheet for MicroScience drives. (Just purchased an HH-1090 for myself). It describes the Drive Select Switch/Jumper Settings for the following disk drive series: 1xxx, 2xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx, and 7xxx drives. (Yeah, and you said you had an HH-825). 1xxx 10 position DIP switch. S1 - Drive Select 1 S2 - Drive Select 2 S3 - Drive Select 3 S4 - Drive Select 4 S5 - S10 - Termination (On = enable, Off = disable) 2xxx 2 position DIP switch SW1 S1 - Sectors per Track (On = 33 SPT, Off = 35 SPT) S2 - Write Protect 10 position DIP switch SW2 S1 - S7 - Drive Select 1-7 S8 - Soft/Hard Sectored (On = soft, Off = hard) S9 - S10 - Termination (On = enable, Off = disable) 10 position DIP switch SW3 S1 - S10 - TYermination (On = enable, Off = disable) 4xxx 4 jumpers DS0 - Device Select 0 DS1 - Device Select 1 DS2 - Device Select 2 DS3 - Device Select 3 5xxx 7 jumper pairs J12 - Termination J78 - High order Device Select \ J56 - Mid order Device Select > Treat as one octal digit? J34 - Low order Device Select / J1112 - High Sectors per Track bit \ (off off = 36, off on = 35, J0910 - Low Sectors per Track bit / on off = 34, on on = 34) J1314 - Write Protect 6xxx 6 position DIP switch S1-S3 - Device Select bits (Octal digit 0-7) S4-S6 - unused 7xxx 8 position DIP switch S1-S2 - Device Select 0 S3-S6 - Unused S7-S8 - Device Select 1 I hope this is helpful! Let me know if I need to interpret any of the badly copied drawings for you! And good luck getting your drive configured. -- ================================================================= Kevin J. Cummings Prime Computer Inc. 20 Briarwood Road 500 Old Connecticut Path Framingham, Mass. Framingham, Mass. InterNet: cummings@primerd.Prime.COM UUCP: {uunet, csnet-relay}!primerd.Prime.COM!cummings Std. Disclaimer: "Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system SUCKS..." -- War Games =================================================================