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From: jmbrown@ariel.unm.edu (John M. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Coherent
Summary: Minix, Coherent
Keywords: Minix, Coherent
Message-ID: <2632@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 6 May 90 07:51:25 GMT
References: <2535@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: jmbrown@ariel.unm.edu.UUCP (John M. Brown)
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Lines: 22

In article <2535@crash.cts.com> cwr@pnet01.cts.com (Will Rose) writes:
>Someone mentioned Coherent recently, but I've lost the message.  I gave the
>company a call when the ad first came out; the version is binary only, not
>protected mode, and has drivers only for MFM and RLL hard drives.  It will
>run on a 286, but I can't remember if it will cope with an 8086.
> 

 I have ordered this package and I am still waiting for it.. :\
 
I understand that it DOES run under Proteced Mode, and will work with
a 386, but not a 8088/8086, but who cares about this chips.!  As for the
hd drivers, they will provide info on how to write others, and they are
planning to release ESDI/SCSI sometime in the future..
 
For a 100 smacks you can't go wrong.!
 
Somebody else used Coherent to slam Minix, all I can say to this person
is if you don't like it (Minix) then it will be nice NOT to have you
cluttering up the bandwidth..! :)
 
John Brown
interNET: jmbrown@ariel.unm.edu