Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!sharkey!news.iastate.edu!calvin.cc.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Vanloon Michael Lee) Subject: Re: ST1144A or CP30104 Message-ID: Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <1991Apr24.201053.12622@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <1991Apr30.223206.10229@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Distribution: comp.os.coherent Date: Wed, 1 May 1991 01:19:02 GMT Lines: 50 In <1991Apr30.223206.10229@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> purkers@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Scott Purkerson) writes: >In article <1991Apr24.201053.12622@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> I wrote: >> >>Earlier there was discussion about the Seagate ST1144A >>hard drive; I'd like to get mail from people who have actually >>installed Coherent on one...[stuff deleted] >> >>I'm also thinking of buying a Conner CP30104 (instead of the 1144)... >>[stuff deleted] >> >>Last of all (but perhaps most important), I've heard that using IDE >>drives may be a little trouble... >>[stuff deleted] >>...I will post a follow-up article with info that I receive. >> >[special thanks to Robert K. Hamilton, David Baldwin, Michael L. VanLoon >and John Winans for the following information. :-)] >There were three replies about the Seagate ST-1144A and one about the >Conner CP30104. [stuff about ST-1144A deleted] >The Conner CP30104 drive sounds like it has a good probability of >working with Coherent. [A note of general info: the CP30104 is a >small, thin 120MB drive that must have just recently been released >by Conner. Like the ST-1144A, it has a 19ms av seek time. The CP3104 >is a 25ms, 100MB drive which is also small, quiet and fast.] Although >the reply to me was about the CP3104, the person states he was able to run >DOS, Coherent, and SCO Unix without any hardware or software problems. >He mentioned that his BIOS is user definable, but didn't give the >brand name (AMI? Award?...). I have a Phoenix BIOS with configurable drive parameters. I use these param's for my Conner CP3104 (sorry, didn't know about the CP30104): Drive type: 48 Cylinders: 776 Heads: 8 Sectors/Track: 33 >Thanks to all the people who replied! :-) Works great for me. Glad I could be of help. :-) >purkers@jacobs.cs.orst.edu