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From: Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: ST-412 Help!
Message-ID: <36359@cup.portal.com>
Date: 30 Nov 90 04:03:43 GMT
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>     I just got, free, an old WP with a hard drive inside of it. The drive is
>labelled:
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>      Seagate ST-412
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  Well, WPs are pretty old in general, but one with a ST-412 puts you in
the dark ages. :)

>It looks like it is a 5.25" size. Does anyone have any info on this drive,
>capacity, heads, type - MFM/RLL/etc. The only close match I can find on
>sale is a 1.2GB ST-41200N : this is an _old_ WP, not the same drive methinks!

  Well, feel free to try to get it to format to 1.2GB but don't expect it. :)
  So, the answer is: close, but no ceegar! :)  The ST-412 is a very old
HD, so old in fact that I wouldn't recommend putting it to any real 
use.  I believe that it is a 5MB drive, but I could be wrong and it could
be a whopping big 10 megger. :)

>I am trying to interface this to a PC. Thanks in advance.

  No problem, it is just like any other seagate, except it is lots smaller. 
It is MFM, 5 or 10 MB, 4 heads (I think).

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