From: B. Degnan (billdeg_at_degnanco.com)
Date: 2006-07-07 04:07:42
An update to my progress
1. I took the Tandon 603s out of the CBM D9090 and inserted into an IBM XT
2. Successfully ran a low-level format
3. No 1701 error upon boot up
4. Was unable to format drive with MS DOS, but unsure if I should be able
to as is
5. Noticed that the drive connector cable was a little shabby so I put
electrical tape on the connector
6. re-seated the MFM controller (inner controller) chips
7. re-assembled everything
8. got the all clear lights upon boot up. ran drive for 20 minutes to get
it warmed up per manual
9.. initiated a header command
header "degnan", d0,i04 [enter]
10. did not get "bad disk" error...started format at 9:57 PM.
Both drive lights are solid green
Using B-128 - Drive has not returned control to the computer like you'd expect.
11. Will come back in a few hours.
Question - should I be able to hear "clicks"? on the drive?
question - should the bottom green drive lot be flashing in time with the
format process?
question 2 - If nothing happens, how do I safely shut down the process?
question 3 - any one know what's supposed to happen after a person runs
command in step 9 above? If you header a regular diskette you're returned
control of the computer while the disk formats. I would expect this to be
the case also when formatting a hard drive. For this reason, and the fact
that I hear no clicks my hopes are not high.
Thanks and have a great day.
Bill D
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