At 05:50 PM 6/6/97 +0930, michael smith wrote:
>
>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.

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

Whoops. Forgot to mention that it IS an HPIB drivebox. Is there
an ESDI->SCSI converter/box?