Re: OT: 3174 Hard Drive
"Guy Sotomayor Jr [email protected] [hercules-390]" <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 10:29:18 -0800
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No. I’ve only seen the one in -6x models. It’s individual wires in somewhat of a rat’s nest between the various connectors. TTFN - Guy > On Nov 25, 2019, at 10:18 AM, 'Dave Wade' [email protected] [hercules-390] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Guy, > > Have you seen the cable in the model 2x? Its one of those mylar things and for some reason it has a 7474 (I think) soldered in and it was a real pain to get the emulator to fit, whereupon the PSU promptly died… > > Dave > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: 25 November 2019 17:22 > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [hercules-390] OT: 3174 Hard Drive > > > > > > OK. Cool! > > > > It would have been nice if IBM had actually used ribbon cables rather than just individual wires. It would have been easier to figure out the cabling though I don’t expect the wiring to be all that complicated. > > > > TTFN - Guy > > > > >> On Nov 25, 2019, at 9:12 AM, 'Dave Wade' [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [hercules-390] <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Guy, >> >> No rush, I have been sent a photo off list. I just got the emulator working in my model 2x rack mount controller and that’s actually what I want to move. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: 25 November 2019 16:42 >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [hercules-390] OT: 3174 Hard Drive >> >> >> >> >> >> Yes, I have a -6x with an HDD. Actually it’s an emulator. I have 2 different HDDs (that were supposedly working but I could never get it to boot from it after installation. However, with the emulator all is good.. ;-) >> >> >> >> I’d have to open up my 3174-6x and pull the cables out in order to photograph it…given my current workload, I wouldn’t expect it to be soon. :-( >> >> >> >> TTFN - Guy >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Nov 25, 2019, at 6:17 AM, 'Dave Wade' [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [hercules-390] <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Folks, >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anyone have one of the larger 3174 shelf models, so a 5X or 6X with a with a hard drive? I have two but I am a bit worried about how long my rare 2.4 Mb diskettes will last. >>> >>> I have a model 2x with a hard drive, but the cables are different and was wondering if any one had photos of cabling for hard drive in a model 5x or 6x… >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave Wade >>> >>> G4UGM & EA7KAE >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >