Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!peregrine!elroy!ames!mailrus!utah-gr!uplherc!sp7040!obie!wes
From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: alternative hard drives
Summary: You might have another problem there!
Keywords: hard disk, used, cheap
Message-ID: <116@obie.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jul 88 14:26:39 GMT
References: <4229@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <1623@usl-pc.UUCP> <5602@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: the Well of Souls
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In article <5602@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes:
> The Supra formatting program didn't complain, and found no bad sectors.
> If I knew it's that easy to get a cheap drive, I would've gone home-brew
> from the start.  The BMS boards + large case + PS + fan + clock + cables
> + instructions + SW, all for $325 --- great deal!

The formatting program CAN'T find any bad sectors if you have the stock
SH204 host adaptor board.  The PAL used by Atari on the SH204 doesn't
correctly return error status from the SCSI controller, so you won't
find bad sectors that do exist.  BMS has a replacement chip that fixes
this problem, and they only want 20 bucks for it.  Run, don't walk, to
the nearest phone.
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