Are there any other manufacturers out there that support a terminal connection on their drives besides Seagate?

Yes, there are (or were)

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Samsung

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In older drives Conner .

quantum

Fujitsu sure looks like it but I have never been able to get it working.

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Seagate, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Samsung, Hitachi(native), Maxtor, Quantum, Conner - support ASCII terminal

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@Doomer ,
Which models in Maxtor ?

I've noticed on the new Hitachi drives RX and TX are printed on circuit board, but I'm not sure if they are for terminal access or just where they attach their probes during test/manufacture.

Has anyone done any research on this yet ?

All Poker, Ardent etc.
They usually use terminal as debug info during selfscan

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Can anyone reveal if the Maxtor Calypso has, and if so where, the terminal connection on the Maxtor Calypso is hiding?

Calipso has it
I think it has to be in PC3K manuals

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I don't have the PC3000 manuals because I don't have a PC3000. Not a real one and not a bootleg (sorry).
(What sort of money do I have to fork out for a PC3000 system by the way?)

There are not many pins to try :O)

You cannot do much with Maxtor over Serial port read/write/seek/identify other that that no much :O) Oh and of course watch the selftest

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All went well until I plugged the drive in.

so this is probably a really stupid question, but with the other makes/models that support terminal / serial mode. would the "seagate serial adapter" plans apply to these other makes as long as the pins get moved around accordingly? Or is there a magic other way to get terminal to run against drives (and more specifically quantum drives?)

-Chris

Well, here is an example of an PC3000 adapter for Seagate (I removed the delicate pins and used a small header instead).

As shown it works for Seagate. For Samsung, reverse the red and blue wires.

Jono

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jono-ats,

That looks surprisingly un-complex compared to the schematics here:
http://hddguru.com/content/en/articles/ ... schematic/

granted you did say it is an adapter from the pc3k kit, should i assume that what you are showing actually connects to something like the link above?

The Acelab serial adapter is a simple TTL<>RS232 converter

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You'll need an RS-232 adapter if you don't have something like the PC3000.

The last poster is exactly right.

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Hello gurus,

I am interested about this topic too.
I know wich model have serial connection, but don't know exactly information about where and how can i connect the terminal...
I mean i can find the possible pins, but how can i be sure if the terminal is silent by default and have no echo from the input?
This is not too easy and there is too many options, like baud start stop bits, transmit methode and similar settings, direction, voltage level, and so on...

If somebody have some info please send me a PM or answer here...

Thanks.
Janos