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From: allred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.microport,comp.unix.i386
Subject: scsi rll trade off questions?
Keywords: scsi rll hard disk compatability
Message-ID: <14978@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jul 89 21:37:43 GMT
Organization: UT-Austin, Dept. of Chem. Engr
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I'm putting together a low end workstation for my personal use at home.
It will have a 386SX, 4MB memory and monochrome VGA graphics.
Initially I plan to just run MSDOS, but soon I would like to run UNIX.
I currently am considering hard drives in the range of 65 to 80 MB.  I
was only considering an RLL drive with 1:1 interleve controller until
I had pointed out to me that Segate has recently started marketing a
low cost SCSI addaptor (ST01 and ST02) suitable for use with its
ST296N 80MB hard disk.  This combination reportedly offeres about 750
KB/sec transfer rate, which is comparable to the 1:1 interleve RLL
transfer rate, and it is more cost effective.  Apparently the SCSI
addaptor works fine under DOS, but I have already had related to me
that it probably won't work with UNIX because of lack of drivers (I
heard that was a problem common to most SCSI boards even the expensive
intelligent ones like the WD7000).  Are the various UNIX vendors
developing drivers, so that I don't need to worry about this, or
should I stick with the RLL controller and disks?

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	Kevin Allred
	allred@emx.cc.utexas.edu
	allred@ut-emx.UUCP