NorthStar Horizon Case Cover Replacements

[Chuck Guzis]

On 21 Jun 2007 at 16:05, Allison wrote:

>> Actually the worst flub is the external drive setups with power 
> supplies independent of the main box. I think there may have been
> three FDC cards made that suppressed WE/ if the power failed.  If 
> there was a disk in the drive.. wave byebye as it did a motor on,
> head load and write "1" to all drives.

A really simple fix on the drive end (gate WE/ only if STEP/ isn't 
asserted) but rarely done.  Were there any drives out there that were 
smart enough to do this?  It might have also taken care of the 
"upside down" cable problem.

Cheers,
Chuck