[Coco] hard drive questions

[Chester A. Patterson]

Thanks, however I'm having a *horrible* time just trying to get my old rig
running again. It's one train wreck after another. Sooo... I wish to test
these HD on a PC, therefore I guess I need a (very) old PC or some special
interface for these old things.

-----Original Message-----
From: L. Curtis Boyle [mailto:curtisboyle at sasktel.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:11 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] hard drive questions


On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:33:14 -0600, Chester A. Patterson
<vchester at setec-cr.com> wrote:

> Retaking the original issues with these old hard disks I have...
>
> I've tried the Seagate HD ST157A1 45mb "AT interface" RLL (2,7) Cyl.560
> Hd.6
> TPI.824 on several (newer) PCs whose BIOS all give back "ATAPI
> incompatible". What do I need to check it out? It has a standard 40 pin
> keyed IDE connector.
>
> Thanks.
>
> /Chester
> Costa Rica

     Try my IDE_DETECT program from OS9/NitrOS9 (I believe Boisy has it up
on the Nitros9 project website). Older ATA hard drives would not be ATAPI
compatible... ATAPI was a later standard (originally for CD-ROM's) that is
closer to SCSI than ATA. ATA is the original hard drive standard, and the
protocols are completely different.

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L. Curtis Boyle