Intellec MDS questions

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Dave Mabry" <dmabry at mich.com>
>
>Joe R. wrote:
>
>>
>>  One of the problems is that the "extra" drives I have use completely
>>different boards from those used in the MDSs, even tough they're both
>>Shugart 801 drives. They even have a lot of differently marked jumpers so
>>comparing the two drives is very confusing.
>>
>>   Joe
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>Joe,
>
>Are you saying that you have trouble getting some 801's to work in the 
>MDS?  These are drives that you know are otherwise good?  Any chance of 
>some photos of the board of those drives?  I _think_ I have gotten 
>800/801's with three different boards to work.  Maybe we can compare 
>notes on that.  Seems to me that all the different boards have similarly 
>marked jumpers, though.  So maybe your drives are different than mine.
>
>Dave
>

Hi
 There were two or three significant rev changes to the
SA800/801's.
 I think only one of these was used with the MDS800's.
It seems like I recall there being a letter after the
number on the drives that distinguished them from the
normal drives. I recall a "R" but I think I may be confusing
that letter with hard drives. It might have been something
else.
Dwight