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From: aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Using a seagate 4096 (80 meg) on a ps/2 system
Summary: Zenith calls it a 35
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Date: 22 Aug 89 16:58:01 GMT
References: <1989Aug6.085820.20733@ziebmef.uucp> <12436@s.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney)
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In article <12436@s.ms.uky.edu> simon@ms.uky.edu (G. Simon Gales) writes:
>Has anyone out there tried to use a non-IBM drive in a Ps/2 system?
>My controller is MFM, and I've got a st4096 (80 megs) hooked up.
>The drive powers up fine, but I don't know the drive type...
>The original 44 meg drive is a type 31, I've tried 33,34,35,32,44,17,
>and several others. 
>Help!
>Simon Gales@The University of Kentucky

On my Zenith AT compatible, the 4096 is a drive type 35.  You might
want to give 35 another try...  (I have a 4096 and it works just fine)

Is this a Micro Channel PS/2 (Model 50 +)?  Perhaps they don't handle
all MFM drives properly...

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