Re: RZ55 on a Sun --> Does not spin!

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From: Keith Barrett
Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 16:27

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In article <ABSTINE.94May13184122@hummer.visix.com> abstine@visix.com (Art Stine) writes:
>In article <2qup82$3qm@nntp2.Stanford.EDU> psv@leland.Stanford.EDU (Panagiotis Vlachopoulos) writes:
>
>   How can I make it so that it will start spinning after powered up
>   even if I have it connected on the Sun box?
>   Is there any jumpers or something else I need to do?

There may be a jumper. There is also a software program (I have a
version for MSDOS) that you only need to run once, and it sets the
internal bit to always spin on powerup. Once I did this, the
drive has worked fine anywhere since.




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From: barrett@aminet.uucp (Keith Barrett)
Subject: Re: RZ55 on a Sun --> Does not spin!
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