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From: GUBBINS@TOPS20.RADC.AF.MIL (Gern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Re: Z-217 problems
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Date: 15 May 89 17:48:02 GMT
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The Z-217 runs HOT!   It is well known to have heat problems.  Without
playing with the board by swapping known good chips, you are shooting in the
dark.  Those ICs always run hot to touch.   It could also be a heat problem
on the data separator board.

>ANY< MFM harddisk up to 90MBytes will work with the Z-217.   Basically
if it is not RLL and works in an IBM, it will work with the Z-217.   You
can use a RLL rated drive, but the Z-217 will revert it to an MFM drive.

Gern
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