-=> MIKE ROSS whispered to Dan Ceppa <=-

 MR> "Dan Ceppa" bravely wrote to "All" (23 Feb 06  14:19:44)
 MR>  --- on the heady topic of "MiniScribe"

 DC> Does anyone know the jumper settings for a Miniscribe 3650?

 DC> I've got a couple that I'd like to access.  I think I have some old
 DC> data files on them that I'd like to recover.


 MR> Is it the straight 3650 or the 3650R?
 MR> The former is MFM 42.2M 809c 17s 6h, precomp 128, park 852 (?).
 MR> The latter is RLL about 60M with 32s or 36s not sure now.

 MR> I don't have the jumper settings but if it wasn't mucked with
 MR> then using the controller it was originally formatted with it
 MR> should work. IOW one can't use a different controller mfg/model
 MR> to access it. MFM/RLL was a bitch for that.

 
 Well, I don't have the jumper settings either, but according to my
 references (TheRef 4.3) there are more than two different models of
 the MiniScribe 3650 HD, as follows:


                              ÚPHYSICAL¿ LOG.                      PAGE  78
MANUFACTURER    UNFORMAT WTH. PL CYLS ST CYLS INTERFACE  ACC  XFER.   POWER
MODEL NUMBER    FORMATED HGT. HD PREC AC HDS  REC.METH   T-T  CACHE    MTBF
                                 L.Z.    ST        ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
===========================================================================
MINISCRIBE        49.4MB 5.25  3  809 17      ST506/412 61ms   5.0Mb  18.1W
MS3650            40.3MB HALF  6  128 SM      (1,3)RLL  15.0m           25K
                                  852
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MINISCRIBE        49.4MB 5.25  3  809 17      ST506/412 46ms   5.0Mb
MS3650F           40.3MB HALF  6  128 SM      (1,3)RLL  15.0m
                                  852
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MINISCRIBE        74.0MB 5.25  3  809 26      ST506/412 61ms   7.5Mb  18.1W
MS3650R           61.6MB HALF  6  128 SM      (2,7)RLL  15.0m           25K
                                  852

 
 
I hope the above information will be of help to you.

Wolf


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