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From: klioufis@decus.com.au
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.dec
Subject: fuji 1.2gb reply
Message-ID: <6364.275e4d30@decus.com.au>
Date: 6 Dec 90 03:52:48 GMT
References: <1990Dec1.222101.20049@csn.org>
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REIn article <1990Dec1.222101.20049@csn.org>, grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald) writes:
> QUESTION
> I'm about to put a 1.2Gb Fuji SCSI drive on my DECstation-3100.
> 
> Any horror stories? Formatting hints?
> 
> This drive is 14.5 ms seek, $2950 from R^2 systems in Denver.
> 
> Dirk Grunwald -- Univ. of Colorado at Boulder	(grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu)
> 						(grunwald@boulder.colorado.edu)

	IF you are referring to the 5 1/4 inch m2266sa from fujitsu there
are some precautions that need to be taken.
	1.	This drive needs a scsi 2 controller to work
	2.	The drive also requires a 15 mhz controller
	This drive is a hot off the press and although i have seen one and the
specs look great neither  I nor anyone i know has actually installed one.
 
	IF you are referring to the 8 inch 2382?? fujitsu drive you will be
pleasantly surprised, i have installed a number of them using the emulex
qd35's and qd33 controllers without a hint of a problem.

	A formatting hint is follow the recommended configuration suggestions
provided by manufacturer and all should go well.