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From: ndeng@EULER.BERKELEY.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: ESDI controller info wanted
Message-ID: <8910070607.AA20583@euler.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 7 Oct 89 06:07:36 GMT
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A friend of mine is considering to buy a LARGE hard disk. But the dealer
ask more than $300 for the disk controller. He thought it was outragous
and wanted to buy it himself.

Can anybody recommend a reliable and non-expensive ESDI controller? It must
be able to control a LARGE hard disk (At least 150MB, with seek time in
the 15-20 ms range). Any pointer on this would be appreciated.

P.S. Just curious: Is ESDI a really standard interface? Say, Can one just
buy a ESDI HD and ESDI controller without taking care of the brand name,
then get total compatibility?

P.P.S. My friend's machine is a 386-AT. That is, a very fast machine but with
a so called ISA (AT) bus.

ndeng@euler.berkeley.edu