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From: mcconnel@b11.ingr.com (Guy McConnell)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: question on exabyte upgrades
Summary: Your answer
Message-ID: <9737@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 21 Dec 90 14:14:32 GMT
References: <560@rome.gdwb.oz.au>
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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In article <560@rome.gdwb.oz.au>, was@gdwb.oz.au (Warren Stokes) writes:
> 
> Does anyone know whether it will be possible to upgrade to 5 GB capacity
> from 2.3 GB on exabytes?
> 
> Will it be just a PROM upgrade?
> 

    No, the 5 GB 8500 drive is substabtially different from the 2.5 GB 8200.
The 8500 has 5 heads (two write, two read, and a servo) as opposed to 3 heads
on the 8200.  There are fewer boards in the 8500 and the code is, of course,
different too.  The 8500 can read and WRITE in the 8200 format providing a path
for migration and interchange.

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