Re: CF for Vulcan??

[macdog <bigdog128@gmail.com>]

On May 1, 9:06 am, "William Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com>
wrote:
> "Paul G." <carb...@egine.com> wrote in message1177968841.314753.87650@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com">news:1177968841.314753.87650@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
> :
> : I collected some info on Vulcan drives years ago
> : as I have several. I've upgraded the firmware to
> : the Gold version, and found some old 100 meg
> : drives that would work. The 40 meg drives that
> : worked all had 2 logical heads, instead of the
> : usual 4, IIRC. I'll paste the info I have below.
> : Unfortunately the formatting will probably get
> : screwed up...
> : -Paul
> :
> : I've got two WD 93048-AD's working with Vulcan
> : cards myself. Could you please tell me which
> : model of WD, and Miniscribe you have working?
>
> These WD-93048-AD drives are 5 head, from what
> info I could find. Makes figuring out why only
> 20, 40, and 100MB drives work on it a very
> difficult proposition.
>
> William Garber
> Email Address - willy4...@garberstreet.com
> Alt. Email - willy4...@comcast.net
> Web address -http://www.garberstreet.com

I was thinking of upgrading the rom on my Vulcan controller card to
the last one available, and then partitioning a 128 meg cf card to
exactly 100 megs (5 partitions of exactly 20 megs each), leaving the
balance of the card un-partitioned, and then try and see if the
controller would see it.  Do you think that is worth a shot?

BTW...if anyone is interested in re-writing the firmware for the
controller, my offer still stands.  I am willing to pay several
hundred dollars for a re-written firmware that works for the Vulcan.
If interested, contact me off list to discuss this.

Jamie Steffens