John Ferlito wrote:
>
> I've just come across the most evil hd I've ever discovered. It's
> a segate ST5808A. 850MB Drive.
>
> It's got this thing called Dual Drive emulation mode which I'd never heard of
> before. appraent;ly to overcome the old 540MB limit. It sort of splits the drive in
>half and
> pretends to be the master and the slave drive in the system. Now the question is if
>you put it
> in a machine with a master drive any ideas how you tell it which side of it's own
>drive you want to
> view :)
>
> --
> John
There should be a set of 12 pins which take jumpers on the drive.
Pins 1 and 2 are shorted for the drive to act as a slave.
Pins 3 and 4 are shorted if the drive is a master with a slave
Pins 5 and 6 and Pins 9 and 10 are shorted for the drive to
emulate a master/slave combination within itself.
Pins 7 and 8 and Pins 11 and 12 are not used normally
Hope this helps
Stay well and happy
Heracles
P.S. http://www.seagate.com is a useful site.
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