Re: Incompatibility issues with Seagate hard disks & the TX chipset

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00

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Bob Goddard <Bob@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<$XA1cBAjamj0EwWU@godwit.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <348D7191.3866@powernethk.com>, hitalent
> <hitalent@powernethk.com> writes
> >
> >the problem is Seagate ST-3XXX is a 5V TTL bus control
> >TX is 3.3V TTL bus control interface, other is not.
> >so some TX mother-board turn VIO to 3.45 or above
> 
> This is a bit misleading - ST3XXX indicates any Seagate drive in the
> 3.5" x 1" height form factor, including current models which are OK on
> 3.3V. In my experience, ST5XXX models can also be affected.

No.  I have a ST51080A next door and that's almost as small as a PCMCIA
drive.  Very flat and not very long but full 3.5" width and 1.00Gb of
blisteringly fast space.

TB

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From: "Tom Bird" <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Incompatibility issues with Seagate hard disks & the TX chipset
Date: 1997/12/11
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