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- From: bjork@telebit.com (Steven Bjork)
- Subject: Re: Problems with Sun-3 Shoebox Hard Disk Project
- Message-ID: <C17rxC.3zv@telebit.com>
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- Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- References: <RALPH.93Jan21125856@cubitus.laas.fr>
- Distribution: WORLD
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:15:11 GMT
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- In article <RALPH.93Jan21125856@cubitus.laas.fr> Ralph.Sobek@cerfacs.fr writes:
- >I am trying to interface the shoebox from a Sun-3 workstation to my
- >Mega 4 ST. Unfortunately, I do *not* have any docs on the Sun-3
- >shoebox.
- >
- >I am using an AdSCSI host adaptor and I have both ICDBOOT 6.0.2 and
- >6.0.3. ICD sees the controller and reports:
- >
- > 0 EMULEX MD21/52 ESDI
- >
- >The drive is a Micropolis 1325. When I power up the shoebox LED 3 of
-
- The 1325 is an MFM drive, not an ESDI. You could use an Adaptec
- ACB4000 to run the 1325.
-
- If you had a 1355 drive, that drive *is* an ESDI drive, and would
- work with the MD21.
-
- ../Steven
-