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Re: RD53s won't stay spun-up

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From: jeh
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 12:13
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In article <C09q98.Aoq@world.std.com>, mbg@world.std.com (Megan B Gentry) writes:
> Could it be the controller?  Have you used that controller with other
> drives successfully?

yes. 

> Also, the drive should be jumpered for DS3 (drive select 3), which
> should be access by the controller as unit 0.

(You know, to anyone not familiar with this hardware, this would seem the
height of idiocy... but in context it makes perfect sense... as much as 
anything in the ST506 disk drive era does!)

The drives were set at DS2 for formatting on the PC (as the C: drive, at the
end of a control cable with the twisted DS leads) and set back to DS3 for
attempted use on the RQDX3. 

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
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From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: RD53s won't stay spun-up
Message-ID: <1993Jan5.041338.1069@cmkrnl.com>
Date: 5 Jan 93 12:13:38 GMT
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