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From: aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: IDE controllers
Message-ID: <2308@tabbs.UUCP>
Date: 25 Nov 90 10:06:53 GMT
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In <1990Nov21.093114.15468@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) writes:

>jan@bagend.uucp (Jan Isley) writes:


>I speak from experience...

So do I...

>You would do well to avoid XENIX and IDE drives.  I have a system with
>just this configuration--and it will lock up every 6 to 8 hours
>unpredictably with the hard-disk access light on.

I have had the totally opposite experience.  When using AST Premium
386 machines with the IDE controller on the motherboard, the system
(using SCO UNIX 3.2.2) absolutley FLIES.  The transfer rate is really
good (though I haven't benchmarked it - you can notice the difference).


>....Short end: if you want to experiment, use IDE.  If you want
>stability, use something else.

I can't speak for other manufacturers, but the AST on-board IDE
controller is brilliant.  I would reccoment it any time above
MFM/RLL/ESDI (maybe not SCSI though.. :-)

Aris

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