Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Ultrastore 12C Caching Controller Keywords: Caching controller, compatability with ISC 2.2 Message-ID: Date: 28 Nov 90 10:58:31 GMT References: <103@astph.UUCP> <2432@sixhub.UUCP> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 21 In <2432@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes: >In article <103@astph.UUCP> bob@astph.UUCP (Bob Ford) writes: >| We are running ISC 2.2 UNIX on a 386 system. We have just started >| an evaluation of the new Ultrastore 12C ESDI disk caching controller. >| Does anyone out there have experience with this controller? > This is the controller Dell ships with their boxes. Is it ?? It certainly isn't in the UK. We ship the 12F which has a floppy controller on board but no cache (well - 1 tracks worth !!). It does handle 10, 15 and 20MHz drives and overall seems a good controller (the BIOS formatter etc. is a big improvement over the WD1007A). Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RW | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"