Ron:
The I/O default listing from your system will show you what drivers are
available under MPE for all supported disc drives and other peripherals,
although I don't know about the cylinder/track/head issue. We published the
standard I/O default list for 5.5 and 6.0 on our web site:
www.internetcsi.com/download (look under the "technical notes" section. By the
way, any decent UPS will take care of the uncompleted writes issue.
John Painter
Computer Solutions, Inc.
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>I have been told that the ST19171N drive works on the HP 3000. I am aware
>that uncompleted writes may not get written in the event of power outage,
>but on a test system, I do not really care. After Y2K testing the drive
>will be moved to a PC environment. We have a HP 3000 918 LX.
>
>The question is: A vendor did not have the ST19171N drive, but guaranteed
>that the new ST39173N drive was exactly the same. It was late in the day
>and I wanted to get it shipped ASAP, so I told them to go ahead and ship
>it.
>
>Checking Seagate's web site and the specs on the drives, I see that the
>number of cylinders, tracks, and sectors are different between the 2
>drives. Is there a chance the ST39173N drive would work on the HP 3000
>because the cylinder, track, and sector addressing are handled internally
>by the drive itself?
>
>Or does the MPE I/O system know specific things like number of cylinders,
>tracks, and sectors for each supported drive, and therefore it would not
>work?
>
>I understand that some Quantum drives are supposed to work on the HP 3000
>also. Is there a list of which models of Seagate and Quantum drives can be
>used on the HP 3000, and corresponding configuration information for them?
>
>Or, maybe this topic is taboo now, due to HP's recent crackdown. What if
>the drives are added into an external cabinet and connected to the external
>SCSI connector of the HP 3000. Is that legal?
>
>TIA for any help.
>
>The return email address has been souped up to prevent getting on spam
>lists. The username is really rmiller and the domain name is openplus.com.
>
>Ron Miller
>OpenPlus
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