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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: WD1007V-SE2 controller - 15Mb/s or not?  Wren VI - 650MB or 1.1GB?
Summary: Fine, low-cost ESDI controller, IMHO
Message-ID: <36@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 90 20:46:41 GMT
References: <1576@redsox.bsw.com>
Reply-To: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
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Organization: IRS - ACI Project Office
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In article <1576@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes:
>So here (finally) is my question.  Is the WD1007V a bozo controller, or am
>I doing something wrong?  Can I actually use 93 sectors/track on my drive,
>and if I need a new controller to do so, which controller will work?

I recently replaced a Core "High Performance" ESDI controller supporting a
Core 90 MB ESDI drive with the WD1007V hoping to get a bit more performance
(which I did) and compatibility (ditto). The Core is of 1988 vintage; don't
know how the current product compares, but I'm pleased-as-punch with the WD.