Nathan Gelbard stands accused of saying:
>I've got a MAXTOR 760mb ESDI drive I pulled out of a 
>Apollo 4500 that I want to use. I plugged it into a 
>HP 7958 disk box (ex 170mb Micropolis). I didnt
>plug in the blinking lights, and -current thought
>it was a 50mb tape drive <g>. Plugged in the lights,
>and it was FAULT!
>
>       Now, I REALLY WANT to use this drive. I hate having
>3 120mb drives. Any chance I can fix it?

Um.  Maybe, depending on the controller, as you surmise.  I
don't know what you want to use it _on_, but FWIW am using
an identical disk, out of an identical machine, on a 425t.

I have it mounted in an old Novell disk box (used to have
an ACB-4000 and a 40M Rodime in it, also refurbed the PSU)
being run off an Emulex MD-21 ESDI-SCSI controller.  

It was a _real_PAIN_ to run the low-level format on it, 
as I had to boot a SunOS CD on my IPC to do it, and spent
many hours on it, but now that it's done, it works a treat.

The MD-21 is reasonably easy to get, and often comes with 
Sun 'hatbox' chassis which are quite nice in and of themselves.

Of course, if you are using an HPIB-only box then this isn't
much use to you 8(

(aside - Jason; I've run out of leads here on data for the Fuji 
SCSI controller.  I realise I'm constantly pleading for data,
but I'd be really interested to look at it if/when you get a
chance.  I've also considered borrowing a scanner for some
time to do something about some of the docco that people have
already sent me.  Any ideas on OCR software?)

--
Mike Smith  *BSD hack  Unix hardware collector
The question "why are the fundamental laws of nature mathematical"
invites the trivial response "because we define as fundamental those
laws which are mathematical".  Paul Davies, _The_Mind_of_God_