> Ruben,
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> Do you have a link that describes this interface? The Googlenator did not
> come up with anything for any reasonable search parameters.
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> BAJ
I know what you mean :-) Some good search terms:
"seagate terminal interface"
"seagate terminal commands"
"seagate rs232 interface"
Here are some links:
Scroll down a bit in this one to see some pictures.
Here is a link to a demo version of a program that handles some of the comm=
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(the page is in russian but the program is in english):
<*** Warning ***>
Apparently you must know exactly what you do when you are connected to the =
terminal. Don't mess around with commands that you don't know exactly what =
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do. You could very well end up bricking your hd. Experiment with one that y=
ou =
can afford to loose. And back up the data before if it is precious to you.
*** Warning ***>
I have successfully connected my bad hd and got some status information out=
of =
it. I don't understand half of it but it may indicate a bad head :-(
/Ruben
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Ruben J=F6nsson
AB Liros Electronic
Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden
TEL INT +46 40142078
FAX INT +46 40947388
ruben@pp.sbbs.se
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