fidelio@apple-gunkies.ai.mit.edu (Rob J. Nauta) (12/30/90)
Hello I've connected a second harddisk to my Xt, a Miniscribe 8425. I use both HD's as 30 MB disks. The miniscribe seems to be failing, geerating more and more bad sectors. Since I don't have a manual of it (i bought it at an exhibition) I don't know where the terminating resistor pack is, so I haven't removed that. Can soemone tell me where the TRP is located, how I remove it, an if this is neccesary ? Is it likely that it is generating my problems ? Greetings, Rob
thoger@solan.unit.no (Terje Th|gersen) (12/30/90)
Re using a Miniscribe 8425 as a 30 MB drive, and it developing bad sectors..
I used to have one of those, and I'm 100% sure it's a MFM-type disk, and as
such only can safely formatted as a 20 MB disk.
(Yes, I *know* a lot of people push MFM's to RLL specs, but it doesn't seem
to work in this case..)
-Terje
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