Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!gandp!rg
From: rg@gandp (Dick Gill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: 380MB Disc Question
Message-ID: <341@gandp>
Date: 3 Feb 91 20:47:59 GMT
Reply-To: rg@gandp.UUCP (Dick Gill)
Organization: Gill & Piette, Inc.
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A client with a 32/650 has just upgraded from a 380MB to a 760MB hard
disc. I have the trade in disc and wonder if it might be made to work
in my in-house system. The disc is an NCR 380 SCSI (Maxtor XP-4380S)
with all original mounting hardware. 

My in-house system is a Tower-XP upgraded with a PMC-III to a 32/600.
It has 4MB of memory, 2xHPSIO(8), a 40MB tape, one 85MB hard disc
and one 140MB hard disc. The OS is 2.2.1.  Aside from the PMC & OS
upgrade, the system is as we bought it many moons ago.

I would love to retire the 85MB disc in favor of the 380MB one;
if need be, I would scrap both current discs in order to run the
larger SCSI drive.  I would also love to move up to a 150MB tape, 
but must retain the 40MB model and floppy drive to support clients. 

Is this as simple as adding a SCSI controller?  Is this an easy  
task or a difficult one?

Thanks for your thoughts.


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Dick Gill     Gill & Piette, Inc.             (703)761-1163  ..uunet!gandp!rg