Re: Xebec 1410A (WAS Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller)

2015-10-13 Thread Fred Cisin
This was in an IBM 5150 (original PC)? I'm still confused. The 1410A is a bridge board that presents an MFM drive as a SASI (pre-SCSI) device. What SCSI bus adapter is that machine fitted with? On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Jules Richardson wrote: Indeed, that and the 5150's PSU wasn't capable of runnin

Re: Xebec 1410A (WAS Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller)

2015-10-13 Thread Jules Richardson
On 10/12/2015 07:09 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote: On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Devin Monnens wrote: Ok, correction to previous message. It's a Xebec 1410A with 1.0 Firmware. Should be MUCH easier to find now that we have the correct model number! This was in an IBM 5150 (original PC)? I'm still confused.

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-12 Thread Steven Hirsch
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Jason Scott wrote: We do and the firmware revision is 1.0. I'm sorry for feeding this information out in drabs - I thought it was asked in the original mail and apparently not. Please post any and all numbers on the 1410A board ROM. That's the only way to understand what

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-12 Thread Jason Scott
We do and the firmware revision is 1.0. I'm sorry for feeding this information out in drabs - I thought it was asked in the original mail and apparently not. On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Steven Hirsch wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Jason Scott wrote: > > We are looking for a 1410. The 1402a

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-12 Thread Steven Hirsch
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Jason Scott wrote: We are looking for a 1410. The 1402a was a miscommunication on the part of the original person. The machine is an original IBM PC, correct? Do you have the requisite host adapter to interface with the 1410A bridge controller? The 1410A was shipped wi

Xebec 1410A (WAS Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller)

2015-10-12 Thread Devin Monnens
Ok, correction to previous message. It's a Xebec 1410A with 1.0 Firmware. Should be MUCH easier to find now that we have the correct model number! Was curious if anyone here has - or knows someone who does - a Xebec 1402A > Seagate HDD controller. The drive is in an IBM 5150. Note that t

Re: Xebec 1410A (WAS Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller)

2015-10-12 Thread Steven Hirsch
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Devin Monnens wrote: Ok, correction to previous message. It's a Xebec 1410A with 1.0 Firmware. Should be MUCH easier to find now that we have the correct model number! This was in an IBM 5150 (original PC)? I'm still confused. The 1410A is a bridge board that presents

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-12 Thread Jason Scott
We are looking for a 1410. The 1402a was a miscommunication on the part of the original person. On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote: > On Sun, 11 Oct 2015, Devin Monnens wrote: > > Was curious if anyone here has - or knows someone who does - a Xebec 1402A >&

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-12 Thread Steven Hirsch
On Sun, 11 Oct 2015, Devin Monnens wrote: Was curious if anyone here has - or knows someone who does - a Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller. The drive is in an IBM 5150. Note that this MUST be the 1402A, NOT the more common 1402. There is some important historical data we are trying to

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-12 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Oct 11, 2015, at 18:40 , David Ryskalczyk wrote: > > The 1402A was in error — it's a 1410A with version 1.0 firmware. I have an as yet untested CoCo hard drive system from eBay with a 1410 in it. Sadly, not the 1410A that Jason says he needs. The 1410A manual at Bitsavers notes some inco

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-11 Thread David Ryskalczyk
The 1402A was in error — it's a 1410A with version 1.0 firmware. David Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2015, at 21:18, Mark J. Blair wrote: > > >> On Oct 11, 2015, at 16:54, Devin Monnens wrote: >> >> Was curious if anyone here has - or knows someone who

Re: Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-11 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Oct 11, 2015, at 16:54, Devin Monnens wrote: > > Was curious if anyone here has - or knows someone who does - a Xebec 1402A > Seagate HDD controller. The drive is in an IBM 5150. Note that this MUST be > the 1402A, NOT the more common 1402. There is some important historica

Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller

2015-10-11 Thread Devin Monnens
Was curious if anyone here has - or knows someone who does - a Xebec 1402A Seagate HDD controller. The drive is in an IBM 5150. Note that this MUST be the 1402A, NOT the more common 1402. There is some important historical data we are trying to recover, but the controller is nonfunctioning. Thank