Xebec/IBM Debug Address for Low-Level Format??

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Randy McLaughlin" <cctalk at randy482.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:23 PM


> From: "Bill Pileggi" <wpileggi at juno.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:00 PM
>
>> I want to perform a low-level format on my Seagate ST-225 MFM hard 
>> drive - it has the Xebec (IBM) 1210 controller card. I cannot for the 
>> life of me remember the address to use in Debug. I know how to use Debug; 
>> I've done 100's of LL formats - just not in the last dozen years or so. 
>> Does Anybody remember?? Please email off-list. Thank you.... My HDD is 
>> working, I just want to set it up right from scratch. (In case anybody's 
>> wondering, I do a LL format on IDE drives before using them, too.) Bill 
>> Pileggi
>>
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>
> I'm fairly certain there is no formatter in ROM, it requires a program 
> loaded from floppy.  I don't know if any generic program will work or if 
> you need a special formatter.
>
> Randy
> www.s100-manuals.com

I found a site with a couple of formatters that may work:

http://cd.textfiles.com/pcmedic/utils/harddisk/


Randy
www.s100-manuals.com