[sebhc] H17 DRIVES

[Jack Rubin]

> Are you sure that the drives are properly selected?  Remember 
> that for the H-17 drives, the DS select lines on the 
> programming shunt are backwards. A jumper on DS3 selects 
> device 0.  For the 96 tpi drives, it is normal (how did they 
> manage that?).  I've not had any problems missing a 
> termination resistor, but I may have been lucky. 

I can't boot without a termination resistor in place, but I have fairly
long cables (about 24"). 

If you are running your 96 tpi drives off the soft-sector controller,
then they are strapped like the rest of the world for any controller
other than the hard-sectored cards in either the H8 or H89.

Jack


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