Xref: utzoo comp.periphs.scsi:565 comp.sys.dec:3315 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!shodha.dec.com!alazif.enet.dec.com!wherry From: wherry@alazif.enet.dec.com (bradley g wherry) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Is DEC RZ23 real SCSI? Keywords: Does DEC use some odd proprietary controller query scheme? Message-ID: <1334@shodha.dec.com> Date: 3 Jun 90 20:13:51 GMT References: <1990Jun2.213812.13909@spock.UUCP> Sender: news@shodha.dec.com Reply-To: wherry@alazif.enet.dec.com Followup-To: comp.periphs.scsi Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Colorado Springs, Co Lines: 36 In article <1990Jun2.213812.13909@spock.UUCP>, lancelot@spock.UUCP (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes: > bit like Quantum 105S, and I figured that they probably were, with the firmware > changed so that they report manufacturer DEC, drive type RZ23. However, upon > replacing the Q80 in my Amiga HD box with one of these, a 'Drive Scan' from my > SCSI format&tools package didn't show up. Didn't even flash the drive light, > like it does on everything else I've hooked up to it. I know one can hook up The RZ23 is really SCSI, it is honest. The drive is not a Quantum 105S but rather a Conner 105 MB drive. yes the drive does report the drive type as RZ23. The drive does not spin up when power is applied. I believe you need to send an SCSI INIT command to spin up the drive. They don't spin-up by default or rather the DEC version does not do this by default. > called 'Partitions'. The light on the RZ23 does flash a few times when I power > up my Amiga, but only then. not being really familiar with the drive I could only speculate that its the power up diags which are blinking the light. -- brad wherry | Ex ignorantia ad sapientiam; wherry@alazif.enet.dec.com | e luce ad tenebras.