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David Longley

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Dec 9, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/9/95
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IBM 86F0101

Can anyone shed some light on this drive? Have I got the last
figure wrong, or is there indeed a 86F0101 SCSI drive produced by
IBM? I'd be interested in views and spec on both the 86F0101 and
the 86F0102.

Also the 55F9838
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David Longley

David Longley

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Dec 10, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/10/95
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In article <818507...@longley.demon.co.uk>
Da...@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:

Could someone out there at IBM please elucidate? I have tried the
www pages with no success. These drives are not this year's
product, but not all *that* old. I urgently need to find out
their specs.
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Chuck Tribolet

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Dec 11, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/11/95
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In <818557...@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley <Da...@longley.demon.co.uk> writes:
>Could someone out there at IBM please elucidate? I have tried the
>www pages with no success. These drives are not this year's
>product, but not all *that* old. I urgently need to find out
>their specs.

Part numbers aren't real helpful. There are litterally hundreds of
part numbers for each drive, depending on who they were originally
made for, microcode options, size, speed, etc. On the drive is a
for digit code beginning with 06, or a four letter code beginning with
D. If you will post that, along with a physical description of the drive
(width, height, interface, MB if you know), I should be able to help.


Chuck Tribolet
San Jose, CA

Silicon Valley - best day job in the world

David Longley

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Dec 11, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/11/95
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In article <4age5a$b...@fox.almaden.ibm.com>
tri...@almaden.ibm.com "Chuck Tribolet" writes:

How about C895154 (1992) It's a 3.5" SCSI drive.
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David Longley

Chuck Tribolet

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Dec 18, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/18/95
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In <818507...@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley <Da...@longley.demon.co.uk> writes:
>IBM 86F0101
>
>Can anyone shed some light on this drive? Have I got the last
>figure wrong, or is there indeed a 86F0101 SCSI drive produced by
>IBM? I'd be interested in views and spec on both the 86F0101 and
>the 86F0102.
>
>Also the 55F9838
>--
>David Longley
According to my notes, not guaranteed to be 100% accurate, but usually right:

86F0101 is the FRU number for a 2G Allicat originally made for the RS/6000.

86F0102 is the part number and FRU number for a 2G Allicat originally made for
OEM use.

55F9838 is the FRU number for a 1G Corsair 2E (mmm, I thought Corsair 2E was
1.2G -- my notes may have rounded this off).

The first two are essentially the same drive, just manufactured for different
folks, probably with slightly different microcode options. For any given drive,
there are hundreds of part numbers, depending on who we built it for, microcode
options, sector size, EC level, etc. And if we built it for IBM, it has a "part number"
(now the customer would order it) and a "FRU (field replaceable unit) number",
which is how the CE would order one.

These drives are not the state of the art. We built Corsair, then Allicat, then
Spitfire, then Ultrastar.

If you need jumper, email me offline. These are old enough that they aren't
on IBM SSD's Web Page.

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