#: 11284 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    03-Jul-91  22:29:16
Sb: #DISTO+ADAPTEC+TANDON!?!?
Fm: Sandy Tipper 72060,76
To: all

I just bought an ADAPTEC 4000A controller for my DISTO 4-in-1 board to run my
two TANDON 503 drives (SCSI controller for 15Meg MFM drives... it is supposed
to work), but I cannot get the low-level format to work (DECB  --
"FMTADPC/BAS", modified for #cylinders/heads). It won't pass the initial drive
select -- with any number for the drive number (0,1, or 2).  Anybody else ever
use this combo, or something similar?  The drives worked FINE under my old
XEBEC controller I got from Owlware (which doesn't work very well with the
DISTO interface). HELP!!  How should the jumpers on the ADAPTEC board be set
(got it from a surplus place, no docs, and ADAPTEC won't support retail
customers)?

Sandy

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