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From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Generic Hard Disk for Compaq 386
Message-ID: <1480@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 89 22:36:13 GMT
References: <8906131957.AA22435@decwrl.dec.com>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <8906131957.AA22435@decwrl.dec.com> paine@fungus.dec.com (Willy Paine) writes:
<Can you please send me list of non-Compaq hard disk that works with
<my Compaq 386/16?  Currently I have 130 megB but this has some problem
<so would like to buy couple of 30 megB generic hard drive. I am 
<wondering if MiniScribe or Seagate works with Compaq. 
< 
<Compaq historically does not support 3rd party hardware so it is 
<difficult for me to check rom for correct setup.

Newer Compaq ROMs have a different drive type table. So it makes a difference
which ROM release you have.

Our solution has been to flip the DIP switch to disable the HD controller
and use a third party controller. I'm not sure about the 386 HDs, but the 
Deskpro 286 HD controller has a very nonstandard cable. It *can't* be
used with non-Compaq drives!

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