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From: bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Tape back on SCO - suggestions??
Summary: We have no trouble with ARCHIVE drives on 10mhz bus Mylex machines
Keywords: sco, tecmar
Message-ID: <95@mdi386.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jul 89 02:15:05 GMT
References: <3789@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <3832@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <24A22AC7.14780@ateng.com>
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Organization: Wells Computer Systems Corp., Levittown, Pa. 19058
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In article <24A22AC7.14780@ateng.com>, chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> According to bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre):
> >The best bargin for the money seems to be the ARCHIVE FASTPE for 60MB of
> >storage for about $600, either Internal or External.
> 
> Our experience has been nothing but trouble when an Archive tape is used in
> a fast I/O bus.  Tecmar tapes, on the other hand, work like a champ.
> 
> Note that fast CPU's don't necessarily have fast I/O buses.  Check your
> hardware documentation.  Any faster than 6MHz -- maybe 8MHz, maybe -- and
> I would avoid Archive.

We have found the Archive drive runs very well on Compac, Mylex, IBM PS/2
and others.  I found that I could NOT run the DOS version at over 8mhz using
the SYTOS drivers, but when booted up at 16mhz or 20mhz with 10mhz bus speed,
there is no trouble.  We use the fix-disk drivers for the new short controller
board under SCO 2.3.2 and 2.3.3, and the old drivers (standard SCO) for
the older LONG board.  I use interrupt 5 since I don't have a mouse attached.
bruce
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