non-DEC hard disks and Ultrix

[Tryggvi Edwald]

Reply-to: te at rhi.hi.is (Tryggvi Edwald)


A year ago somebody posted vital information on how to `fix' a hard disk
not bought from DEC, so that it could be used on a microVAX II.  (The disk
in question was the exact same model as DEC used in said machine, minus one
simple jump-wire.)  I have run out of disk space again, and last year's disk
is not available to me now.  Prices have not gone down at DEC.  Can anyone
(hard disk makers perhaps?) supply information on how to fix other disks,
preferably of common makes, to work with Ultrix/microVAX II?  Our Ultrix is
V1.2A, we are waiting for V2.4 before we upgrade.  We are looking for disks
in the size range 100-350 Mb.
Please send e-mail or post as you see fit.
Thanks.
Tryggvi Edwald     e-mail: te at rhi.hi.is (on mcvax)
                   s-mail: Islensk Malstod, Aragotu 9, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
"Down with sneaky tricks like secret jumpers!"