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From: jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Joseph Chin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Calling on Micropolis drive users ...
Keywords: scsi hard drive
Message-ID: <554@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 24 Nov 90 04:12:29 GMT
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I have seen many postings regarding the use of WREN and MAXTOR SCSI drives
on the Next. I have a Micropolis 1588 SCSI hard drive. It is a 760MB
(unformatted) drive with 64K cache. It is quite similar to the Maxtor
drive shipped with 660MB cubes. But I find it to be quieter and faster even
though the average access times are the same, at 16ms.

When installing the drive, Rob Lin and I used the Maxtor's entry in
/etc/disktab as a template and replaced appropriate parameters as we see
fit. The drive has performed flawlessly since installation.

Due to my limited knowledge of SCSI drives and /etc/disktab parameters, I
don't think the performance of my Microplis drive is fully optimized.
Therefore, I am very interested in communicating with other cube users who
have Micropolis drives ... or any SCSI harddrive guru.

                                    :-) Joe (jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca)