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In <818507258snz@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> writes:
>IBM 86F0101
>
>Can  anyone  shed some light on this drive? Have I got  the  last 
>figure wrong, or is there indeed a 86F0101 SCSI drive produced by 
>IBM? I'd be interested in views and spec on both the 86F0101  and 
>the 86F0102.
>
>Also the 55F9838
>-- 
>David Longley
According to my notes, not guaranteed to be 100% accurate, but usually right:

86F0101 is the FRU number for a 2G Allicat originally made for the RS/6000.

86F0102 is the part number and FRU number for a 2G Allicat originally made for
OEM use.

55F9838 is the FRU number for a 1G Corsair 2E (mmm, I thought Corsair 2E was
1.2G -- my notes may have rounded this off).

The first two are essentially the same drive, just manufactured for different
folks, probably with slightly different microcode options.  For any given drive,
there are hundreds of part numbers, depending on who we built it for, microcode
options, sector size, EC level, etc.  And if we built it for IBM, it has a "part number"
(now the customer would order it) and a "FRU (field replaceable unit) number",
which is how the CE would order one.

These drives are not the state of the art.  We built Corsair, then Allicat, then
Spitfire, then Ultrastar.  

If you need jumper, email me offline.  These are old enough that they aren't
on IBM SSD's Web Page. 

Chuck Tribolet
San Jose, CA
 
Silicon Valley - best day job in the world