Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!veritas!amdcad!ames!dftsrv!chris From: chris@asylum.gsfc.nasa.gov (Chris Shenton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Adding Conner disk to ISC with old AT controller -- problems? Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 19:24:59 GMT Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, MD Lines: 19 Distribution: I've got ISC 2.0.2 on a 386 with a (I think) 70MB disk running of an MFM(?) controller (Western Digital 1:1 interleave -- 2 years ago, best thing going for the money). [tell me if I appear confused!] I need a new disk, and the Connor 200MB seems the way to go. Enlighten me about how to interface it! It comes with SCSI or EDI -- which should I get? Can I use it (with a new SCSI/EDI controller) along with my current 70MB with WD controller, or do I lose my old disk? Performance problems? If I go SCSI -- the way I'm leaning -- can I run my existing floppy off a new SCSI controller? the old WD ctlr? Recommendations on SCSI controllers? What does the `Bus Master' bit (seen in adverts) refer to? Thanks in advance! PS: if you'd prefer, email and I'll summarize. -- chris@asylum.gsfc.nasa.gov, ...!uunet!asylum.gsfc.nasa.gov!chris, PITCH::CHRIS