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From: djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Re: Hard disk info?  Send me some too (POST IT HERE FOR ALL TO SEE) ...
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Date: 5 Oct 90 19:20:33 GMT
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I just went through this a couple of months ago, and there are several
knowledgable users who came to my rescue (such as GERN and Doc Savage)!
Basically, Z100 hard disks are attached via a data separator board
"bolted" to the top of the hard drive assembly and a Z217 controller board
that drops into any empty slot in the card cage.  I had an original Z100
10 MB hard disk that died, and needed to replace it with a handy ST225.
All I had to do was unplug one drive and plug in the other.  Then the
PREP and FORMAT stages, and I had a larger (working!) hard disk.

If you never had a Z100 hard disk, and so you're short the Z217 and the
data separator board, you'll have a bit of a parts hunt. There are sources,
and this newsgroup may put you onto some.  But don't give up..what you
want to do has been done countless times with little sweat and no pain!

"Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids* 
"Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids*