> As I recall, the 3830 disks could be interchanged if the features and > non-microcode EC levels on the boxes were the same. Doing so was "not > supported" but there was little to lose and when an appropriate disk > could be found it beat telling a customer the machine would stay down > until a new floppy disk could be flown in from California if the backup > was missing or unreadable. It would be worth trying on the 4331. > There's nothing to lose.
Very true. I need to pull the microcode off the floppy anyway, just in case something really bad happens. I have a spare set of 3830 disks floating around, and there is a guy that sells (or tries to, anyway!) them on Ebay. > No calls ever for 20-something years? Wow! That's quite a testament to > the job those guys did on the hardware side. That is what the owner claimed. The 3350s mostly work, but he had a whole extra string of four he was using for parts. Same with the 3420s - he had a herd of them slowly being stripped for hoses and things. -- Will ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
