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- From: massoud@chemteca.sdsu.edu (Massoud Ajami)
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- Subject: Re: IDE and RLL/MFM drives
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- Date: 4 Sep 92 15:17:52 GMT
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- In article <kFwJqB1w165w@infopls.chi.il.us> andyross@infopls.chi.il.us (Andrew Rossmann) writes:
- >From: andyross@infopls.chi.il.us (Andrew Rossmann)
- >Subject: IDE and RLL/MFM drives
- >Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 19:26:55 CDT
- > This is probably a FAQ, but are there ANY cards that can co-exist with an
- >IDE drives for an MFM/RLL drive?
- >
- > I run a BBS, which currently has a 200M Seagate IDE. As a temporary
- >measure, I'd like to add in a Seagate ST251 from my old system, a Tandy
- >1000SX. The controller card it has is a WD1002A-WX1. I thought I heard
- >someone say that XT cards used a different IO address (I know the IRQ's are
- >different), so I tried it. It just locked up the computer.
- >
- > The drive will be for my FILES section, so the slow access and throughput
- >times are not a factor.
- >
- > Does anyone have the jumper settings for the WD1002A?? (or Western
- >Digital's BBS number, in case I can't find it amongst my 'records?' [Some
- >people would call it a stack of paper, I call it my records!!]) :-)
- >
- >--
- >Andrew Rossmann | Sysop of Infoplus BBS, +1 708 537 0247
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-
- These are the setting for WD1002-WX1;
-
- JUMPER INSTALED REMOVED
- S1-1 drive D:20Mb, drive D:=10Mb,
- 4 hd.,612 cyl. 4 hd.,306 cyl.
- S1-3 drive C:=20 Mb, drive C:=10 Mb,
- 4 hd., 612 cyl. 4 hd.,306 cyl.
- S1-5 Enable Auto-config Disable Auto-config
- S1-2,4,6,7,8 Reserved.
-
- NOTE: Remove ALL jumpers at location "S1" if using a 30 Mb. hard drive.
-
- JUMPER PIN STATUS
- W3 Installed BIOS ROM Enabled
- Removed BIOS ROM Disabled
- W4 1-2 Device Address 324H
- 2-3 Device Address 320H
- W5 NO JUMPER
- W6 1-2 Head Sel. 3 (16 heads)
- 2-3 Reduced Write Current (default)
- W7 1-2 Use IRQ 5
- 2-3 Use IRQ 2
- W8 1-2
- 2-3 (default)
-
-
- Peace and Prosperity!
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