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From: doug@hparc0.HP.COM (Doug Parsons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: 97963B to Type 47 300mb drive?
Message-ID: <2660001@hparc0.HP.COM>
Date: 31 Oct 90 07:48:40 GMT
Organization: HP Australasian Response Centre (Melbourne)
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Here's a good'un:

Does anybody know how I can convert a 300mb 97963B HP disk drive into a
300mb type 47 HP drive?  This may sound stupid, but let me explain:

I have a spare 300meg 97963B drive that was intended for one of our HP3000s,
but I want to use it in my RS/25C instead.  I have examined the drive, and
in my non-hardware eyes [read 'disclaimer'] it appears to be the exact same
drive as a type 47 300mb drive.  The only difference besides the chassis is
1 chip.  I can't remember the chip number off the top of my head, but it
appears to be the only thing stopping me from using it.

I have tried already to use it as a type 47, but FDISK scanned it for about
45 minutes, then hung.  Since then, FDISK will not talk to it.  I may have
fried something, in which case I'll have to get it repaired anyway, so 
perhaps that would be a good change to change this rom/ram chip.

So how about it... Any ideas?

Doug.