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Draconis
04-16-2002, 01:03 PM
I like old computers and I "refurbish" and upgrade them so they aren't so ancient.

I have two old seagate drives and I wish to have some information on them. They are old Wang type drives and their types (ID tags) are ST-225 and ST 238r.

I would like info on these drives so I know how to hook them up to the machine I am refurbishing. The info I need is the number of cylinders, the number of heads, the WpCom :confuse2: , the Lzone :confuse2: , the number of sectors and the size.

BTW: If you don't know what some of these things are, I can answer you unless it is one of the items followed by :confuse2:.

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slothman
04-16-2002, 01:12 PM
The lzone or landing zone is where the heads stop when you are not using the hard drive. When you mean "wang type" do you mean with 2 data wires coming out and 1 power?
Draconis
04-16-2002, 01:20 PM
Yes. That is exactly what I am talking about.

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MrCow
04-16-2002, 01:57 PM
Topic has been moved to GD as I do not see it fit to be in think tank.
Dirk the Daring
04-16-2002, 01:59 PM
Try looking here (http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/model_st2.html) and here (http://forum.seagate.com/SERVICE/Email%20Forum.nsf/aac7d56ca8fd884b852563be00610639/60B10F052EBD4E2B8625696E006555C5?OpenDocument) and see if that helps.........
texasdex
04-16-2002, 03:51 PM
WPcomp is PreWrite Compenstaion. I'm not sure what exactly what this means, but it is some sort of feature that not all drives have, and it can be turned off by entering a -1 value (sometimes) in the CMOS.

Hopefully you will be able to set the CMOS on "auto" or "Detect" mode and the computer will figure the settings out all by itself. All computers have this feature if they are new enough (PI or higher, I think)
Draconis
04-17-2002, 09:18 AM
Originally Posted by texasdex
Hopefully you will be able to set the CMOS on "auto" or "Detect" mode and the computer will figure the settings out all by itself. All computers have this feature if they are new enough (PI or higher, I think)

This old computer that I have does not have an "auto" or "detect" mode. This computer has a bios or something like it has to be run off a disk. This computer is a 286/386??? which runs at 10 mHz so you can understand why it doesn't have an "official" bios.

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zables
04-26-2002, 12:41 AM
Well... to start things off, it wouldnt be a 386 cuz 386's didnt run @ 10 Mhz, however it could be an old XT or 286... and the computer should have a BIOS take a better look try the F1-F12 kyes @ the boot...
balzac
05-17-2002, 05:23 AM
Who made the computer, what company? What architecture does the computer use? Not all computers are PC's. When you got it, did it have a HDD installed? If so did it have an installed OS? What OS's are compatable? If you don't even know if it's a '286 or not, then maybe you should give us some basic knowledge about what you do know. Find the CPU and list what is printed on it.