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From: izumi@fugitive.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa)
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Subject: Re: SCSI formatter
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Date: 13 Feb 91 11:22:22 GMT
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In article <12117@helios.TAMU.EDU> 
  andrewd@cs.tamu.edu (Andrew Ted Duchowski) writes:

>I tried the program, but was a little apprehensive about actually
>letting it format my 2263sa drive.  In the technical manual from
>Fujitsu it says that the 2263sa revision in particular has a 
>maximum configuration of 512 bytes/sector.  Rory doesn't specify
>what revision his drive is.  I'd advise a bit of warning before
>going against the manual's limits.

Tiny booklet I received with a new drive from Fast Access
clearly says that you can do this.  The revision of that
drive is C4 (manufactured Dec. 1990 -- hot off the press!).

I have another drive at school with revision level B6.
The manual which I obtained from the dealer with the
drive has the manual revision date of Aug. 1989.
And this document also indicates that you can change
Data Block Length from 180 to 4096 bytes (Fixed by
even-numbered bytes specified at format).

So, I assume most drives purchased recently would be
safe (manufaturing date later than Aug. 1989 at least).

What's the revision number/date of your drive and the manual?



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