Re: Running RZ55's on non-DEC machines?

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From: AJ Casamento
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:18

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In article <1992Aug12.180111.28254@PA.dec.com> heiney@pa.dec.com (Bob Heiney) 
writes:


>> If you have an ULTRIX system, you can connect the RZ55 and
>> run "rzdisk -c ask /dev/rrz3c" (assuming the RZ55 was SCSI id 3).
>> Go to the last page of parameters, change the spin up on power on
>> field.  See rzdisk(8) for more info.

>> I know there are PC programs that can do the same thing, but I don't
>> know how to get them (I'm not a PC guru).

  
Folks,

  Since the RZ55 drives do not have a jumper to set spin up on power up,
setting the characteristic as outlined above is probably the only way to
do it. Some DEC drives do have such a jumper, the RZ55 just doesn't happen
to be one of them.

				Thanx,
				  AJ


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