Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!att!mcdchg!laidbak!obdient!vpnet!cgordon From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gordon Hlavenka) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: More ST-506 drive woes... Message-ID: <2688c8f6-28a.2sci.electronics-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> Date: 27 Jun 90 17:55:04 GMT References: <15514@s.ms.uky.edu> Lines: 13 >There's no way to start a low-level format! Does anyone have, or know >where to get, a formatter for these original IBM controllers? I have an old 10-meg Miniscribe from a Corona PC. It uses a dumb (no ROM) controller. With it there is a disk containing format utilities and the *.sys driver to make the drive accessible to DOS 1.x. I can send you this stuff if you want it... ---------------------------------------------------------- Gordon S. Hlavenka cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us Disclaimer: He's lying