Well, boo. Disc spin up. Disc spin down. Disc spin up. Disc spin down. Disc spin up. Disc spin down. That's it.
The head never moves or even attempts to, as far as I can determine - with the IDE versions of this drive, where I've had success un-gluey-bumpering them, you hear a click and faint whine if the head is stuck and trying to pull - but that's not happening here it seems.
Here's how it appears during a scan:But as soon as I scan, the drive instantly spins down - interesting?
I have another near-identical Conner 121MB SCSI drive to compare behaviour against, and it always does some seeking as soon as its spun up to speed. That drive doesn't want to be read though, so that's where experience ends - though I do note my drive has some extra diode bodges on the PCB compared to the A680 drive.
A680 drive is on the right...I did get success playing with using the RaSCSI with SCSI2PI though - reading a 540MB IBM DALS drive.
The head never moves or even attempts to, as far as I can determine - with the IDE versions of this drive, where I've had success un-gluey-bumpering them, you hear a click and faint whine if the head is stuck and trying to pull - but that's not happening here it seems.
Here's how it appears during a scan:
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# s2pdump -i 0 -I----------------------------------------Board (initiator) ID is 7----------------------------------------Checking SCSI target ID:LUN 0:0INQUIRY product data:Vendor: 'CONNER 'Product: 'CP30100-121mb 'Revision: '3131'Device Type: Direct AccessSCSI Level: SCSI-1-CCSResponse Data Format: SCSI-1-CCSRemovable: NoI have another near-identical Conner 121MB SCSI drive to compare behaviour against, and it always does some seeking as soon as its spun up to speed. That drive doesn't want to be read though, so that's where experience ends - though I do note my drive has some extra diode bodges on the PCB compared to the A680 drive.
A680 drive is on the right...I did get success playing with using the RaSCSI with SCSI2PI though - reading a 540MB IBM DALS drive.
Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:23 am
