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I need help with an old priam drive

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From: Michael Kohne
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 02:34
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I need help with an old Priam drive I have come into possession of.
It is a Priam 'Inner Space' drive, Model # ID330-EC. I need to know:
What sort of drive is this? It has connections like those used for 
RLL and MFM drives, but I've had no success with either type of controller.
Partially because of :
How many heads/cylinders does this thing have? The defect map attached to
the drive has cylinders up to 1197 and heads up to 13. Yet there is a
hand-written note that mentions 16 heads and 808 cyl.

What are the dip switches and jumpers? It has 1 bank of dip switches on the
bottom labeled 'DSEL1', 'DSEL2', 'DSEL3', SCNT1, SCNT0, 'SPN OP', ASK
in that order from switch 1 to 7. Switch 8 is unlabled.

On the upper side of the same board, there is a bank of jumpers(3 positions)
which is unlabeled.

Any help is appreciated, Thank you.

(Note: if replies could be sent by e-mail, it would speed things up, and
I'll post a summary in a day or so)

Also, if anyone knows who might be doing tech support for old Priam drives,
I would like to know that also.

Michael Kohne
House of the Techno-Discordians, Awesome Amusements Division

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