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#Ricoh Drive

    04-Oct-93 02:24:51
Sb: #65528-#Ricoh Drive
Fm: Wayne Cole 76370,621
To: Dee McAlpine 70662,3153
loCyl = 1 HiCyl=1283 sect/cyl=37 2 heads The important figure is 95015 total blocks. BTW, don't bother with GVP on a Ricoh. They managed to build thier sSCSI device so it renders the cart unusable. THey do this by assuming that the data fields of some of thecommands for LLFormat snd BB remap are the same as Syquest. THey willl aslotel you to format your drive using SYquest params which cause you to loose a meg or two. I had problems with a Ricoh and GVP controller for over two years and GVP was no help whatsoever. I ended up having to get lots of help and "revival" services on carts that GVP ruined by going to a local imaging systeme VAR house that uses all the Ricoh and Syquest line of carts. BTW, I'm selling my RH5500 and 5 cartridges as soon as I get my 128 MO going (about a week). If you are intereseted make an offer. 4 of the carts are only a few months old with very light usage. the 5th is 2yrs old with moderate use.