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From: dave@westmark.WESTMARK.COM (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard disk unit 0 failure
Message-ID: <1022@westmark.WESTMARK.COM>
Date: 22 Sep 90 01:56:40 GMT
References: <1990Sep17.162754.462@mccc.uucp>
Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA
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In article <1990Sep17.162754.462@mccc.uucp>, pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes:
> I just (physically) replaced a 72MB Micropolis with a 190MB Maxtor
> XT-2190 HD, same cables, same everything.

[ and then no hard disk software or firmware worked ]

Your 72 Mbyte Micropolis was probably an ST-506 interface.  The 190
MB Maxtor is probably an ESDI interface.  The cables look the same,
but you need a new controller card, such as the WD1007WA2.

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