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In article <22715@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> kent@sun.ufnet.ufl.edu (Kent Phelps) writes:
>I have an old Z-100 with the UCI EZ-PC emulator in it.  The hard drive has
>gone west.  The controller passes diagnostics so I believe that the disk
>itself has gone west.  The controller card is part number 181-5063 and there
>is another card, the data seperator, which doesn't have a regular part number
>but does have the board number 85-2818-1.  Can this combo work with any current
>drives such as a seagate ST-225?  If so how?  It did not work off the bat when
>I tried it out.  Are there any configuration changes on the cards that need to 
>done?
>
Yup, it'll work with the ST225, Gern will probably tell you that, he uses one.
You will HAVE to re-prep the ST225 if it came from an I(nferior) B(ut)
M(arketable)-like machine since they only use 17 sectors (we Z100 folk get 18)
per track.  If ti came from another Z100, you SHOULD re-prep it since there may
be data sep to data sep tolerance differences.

You will need a copy of ZDS Winchester utilities, which you SHOULD have from th
e old Z100 as well as the manual that came with it/them.  Follow the 'prep'
instructions and everything should work.  Gern may add something to this that I
have missed, like the drive parameters that prep will request (he knows/has
access to them).

Hope this helps!



Walt K.
>
>Thanx in advance for any info.
>
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